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Asked by chowmain to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by messyjessy, jrussell.
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Aimé Fournier answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Not directly. If it helps predict weather better, that could save lives. If it helps predict global climate change better, that could save Life On Earth —or maybe not. The more science takes care of relatively easy problems (I learned everything about the hydrogen atom in 4 years) the more only really complicated problems are left, that we probably can never completely answer. But we can learn a lot more, and choose to be very cautious about what we don’t know.
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Judith McCann answered on 14 Jun 2011:
It has the potential to be used in many applications in medicine, so it could save lives…but changes are it would just increase effectivenesss of other treatments! you never know though, if it all goes to plan it could be used for all kinds of things 🙂
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Gemma Sharp answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Well, premature birth is the biggest cause of death of newborn babies, so if we can stop mums going into labour too early, we will be able to save a lot of lives. But it’ll be a joint effort between all the scientists investigating child birth, not just me!
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Diana Samuel answered on 14 Jun 2011:
In a sense, its possible. One potential application is to combine a frog-based adhesive with tweezers used during neurosurgery. During these types of procedures, nerves are often damaged, which can lead to an irrepairable loss of function. Such ‘froggy tweezers’ would allow nerves to be picked up and dropped without damage, and thus minimising risk to the patient.
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