Blue Dye No. 1 as a medicine?

[MindDetective]

This article blew my mind a little bit: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/bluerats/

In summary: Rats were given a spinal injury then injected with blue dye no. 1 (not randomly, they had a reason to believe it would be beneficial) and found that the injured rats recuperated faster than those with no treatment or a placebo. The only side effect? Their skin turned blue. The findings are pretty new, so take them with a grain of salt, but it seemed like such a quirky experiment and result that I had to share.

 

[Green_Lantern]

I want a blue mouse :3

 

[Mr_Chaz]

I want a blue mouse :3

I want blue skin!

 

[MindDetective]

I want a blue mouse :3

There is a breed of rat called the Blue Rat: http://www.altpet.net/rodents/rats/rf27.html

 

[Pojodan]

So we've been eatting the cure to the world's problems in our M&Ms this whole time?!

 

[MindDetective]

So we've been eatting the cure to the world's problems in our M&Ms this whole time?!

Certainly to one of the world's problems!

 

[figmentPez]

So we've been eatting the cure to the world's problems in our M&Ms this whole time?!

No, blue only came out in 1995.

 

[Cajungal]

Will wonders never cease?

 

[AshburnerX]

Recovering from spinal injuries since 1991.

 

[MindDetective]

It's amazing how they even paint the inside of their noses.