Argentine Botanist Finds Way To Restore Dead Plants
An Argentine botanist, experimenting with plant tissues, discovered that they will not die unless they are artifically destroyed by being torn apart or burned. He found that even dead flowers and leaves can be brought to life by this treatment so that they regain not only their • original colour, but their texture and even their original odour. The revitalised plants are not embalmed or artificially coloured', but are. alive by all standards and resume growth and all other normal functions as soon as they have been treated. Experiments are under way to bring dead animal tissue back to life. A piece of dinosaur skin has been treated in this way and results are said to be successful. If these experiments continue successfully, Doctor Vega may have made a discovery which will be as significant to mankind as the invention of the atomic bomb.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 55, 14 June 1948, Page 8
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151Argentine Botanist Finds Way To Restore Dead Plants Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 55, 14 June 1948, Page 8
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