Would Healing Powder From Fallout Work in Real Life? : Othor Games

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:24 pm

This question is pretty out there, but what do you think or know?

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:28 pm

Herbs can make some types of medicine, so sort of.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:19 pm

There are experimental medicines out now that can grow back full limbs, so I do not see why healing powder could not be possible.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:50 pm

When a hobby-store owner in Cincinnati sliced off his fingertip in 2005 while showing a customer why the motor on his model plane was dangerous, he went to the emergency room without the missing tip. He couldn't find it anywhere. The doctor bandaged the wound and recommended a skin graft to cover the top of his right-middle stub for cosmetic purposes, since nothing could be done to rebuild the finger.

Months later, he had regrown it, tissue, nerves, skin, fingernail and all.

This particular hobbyist happened to have a brother in the tissue-regeneration business, who told him to forego the skin graft and instead apply a powdered extract taken from pig's bladder to the raw finger tip. The extract, called extracellular matrix, lays the framework that cells use to generate any given body part. It's like a cellular scaffolding, and all animals have it. It holds the signals that direct cells to divide, differentiate and build themselves into a specific form.

Extracellular matrix is a component of body tissue that functions outside of the body's cells (thus the "extracellular" designation). It's made up mostly of collagen, a type of protein. So extracellular matrix extracted from the bladder of a pig does not actually have any of the pig's cells in it.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/cells-tissues/extracellular-matrix.htm

Having no idea what healing powder is in Fallout, I dunno how it compares, but it's a powder... that heals... so it seems like it'd fit the definition

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:04 pm

Instant healing? No! Healing over time? Yeah. Remember gameplay is not always representative of truth. Like medical kits instantly healing you. Or sleeping at an Inn knits broken bones etc etc. It is just a quick simulation of a longer process.

So yes and no.

Nice link btw Defron..

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:20 am

Instant healing? No!

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/mits-nano-treated-bio-bandage-can-stop-bleeding-almost-immediately

http://www.z-medica.com/healthcare/How-QuikClot-Works/QuikClot-1st-and-2nd-Generation.aspx

The future happened about 5 years ago :wink:

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:46 pm

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/mits-nano-treated-bio-bandage-can-stop-bleeding-almost-immediately

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/mits-nano-treated-bio-bandage-can-stop-bleeding-almost-immediately

The future happened about 5 years ago :wink:

Stop bleeding sure. But not repair torn muscle tissue instantly right?

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:45 am

Stop bleeding sure. But not repair torn muscle tissue instantly right?

I have spoken to several colleagues that will, under certain circumstances, teleport to my house and perform such a feat... among other things.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:45 pm

Stop bleeding sure. But not repair torn muscle tissue instantly right?

Stopping the bleeding instantly is all you really need in the middle of a battle (when such a thing as "healing powder" would be used) as it allows you to finish the fight (if needs be and with the help of adrenaline) rather than hemorrhaging out.

Obviously it's no replacement for the needed long-term medical attention, but for the purposes of the idea of a "healing powder" yes, it fits.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:09 am

I was thinking the OP meant something resembling a healing potion. Like Cazador stinger in the gut, sprinkle some powder on it and you are 100% fine.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:08 pm

I was thinking the OP meant something resembling a healing potion. Like Cazador stinger in the gut, sprinkle some powder on it and you are 100% fine.

No he meant the item "healing powder" which Legionaries carry on themselves.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:38 pm

No he meant the item "healing powder" which Legionaries carry on themselves.

Yeah, but iirc, in game it functions like a cheap healing potion.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:35 am

Yeah, but iirc, in game it functions like a cheap healing potion.

Yeah, it is like 6hp a second for 4 seconds or something.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:52 pm

Wasn't cocaine referred to as "healing powder" once?

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:12 pm

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/cells-tissues/extracellular-matrix.htm

Having no idea what healing powder is in Fallout, I dunno how it compares, but it's a powder... that heals... so it seems like it'd fit the definition

This is the most fascinating thing I've read today... by far.