{"id":766,"date":"2017-03-03T00:08:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2023.biowars.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:06:27","slug":"the-science-behind-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023.biowars.com\/blog\/the-science-behind-wolverine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science Behind: Wolverine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s see how Wolverine’s super-human traits would work in the real world.<\/p>\n

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Superpower #1: Healing Powers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is Wolverine\u2019s claim to fame. To recover from a knife wound to the chest in a matter of minutes, with no scarring or evidence left behind? That\u2019s epic. What\u2019s more, not only does his body physically recover from wounds and attacks in record speed, he\u2019s virtually immune from foreign invaders on the inside as well. Poisons, toxins and disease don\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

A super-human immune system.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When a normal body is wounded, blood flows to the injury site, and first-response B Cells<\/a> fight infection<\/a> as clots form on the surface to ward off further infection. Sutures<\/a> and scabs form, and scar tissue is usually left behind.<\/p>\n

In Wolverine\u2019s case, all of the cells working together to repair damaged tissue would have to work at rapid-speed. In normal humans, the reproduction of cells is known as \u201cmitosis\u201d. Wolverine\u2019s cells engage in \u201chyper-mitosis\u201d, which allows his body to heal and recover faster than normal.<\/p>\n

This would also explain his resistance to poison. A normal human\u2019s immune system recognizes a limited number of foreign invaders. For example, it takes time for the body to realize \u201cthis is a flu virus\u201d, and to act accordingly. The most lethal poisons are those that are previously unexposed to our systems, so we\u2019re not able to properly react and develop antibodies against them. In Wolverine\u2019s case, his cells are able to recognize and respond at light speed any type of foreign invader, no matter how sophisticated or novel. His antibodies<\/a>, or B Cells, also travel throughout his bloodstream to prevent the spread of invasion.\u00a0Which leads us to…<\/p>\n

Superpower # 2: Anti-Aging<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If Wolverine\u2019s cells were working this fast normally, he\u2019d be aging at a rate much quicker than the average human. He\u2019d appear to be 50 years old at the age of 15. To surpass this, his cells would need some kind of special alert to only accelerate their activities at the time of injury, and only at the specific location of injury.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the case so it must be that Wolverine\u2019s cells are only multiplying at extreme speeds when needed, on a case-by-case basis. This also means unfortunately that Hugh Jackman<\/a> cannot be Wolverine forever. (The actor, believe it or not, is a real human being with normally functioning cellular activity.)<\/p>\n

Wolverine\u2019s age-defying ability means either he should be a poster boy for those late-at-night skin-cream regimens we see on the Home Shopping Network\u2026or he\u2019s just not backed by real science. But we knew this. We don\u2019t love him because he\u2019s Joe the Plumber.<\/p>\n

In a future blog post we\u2019ll look how we as mere humans can accelerate our healing abilities and delay signs of aging, by focusing on strengthening our immune systems.<\/p>\n

The constant struggle for life inside all of us <\/strong>is what Biowars is all about.\u00a0<\/strong>Read more about the science of Biowars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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