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new body parts being grown from stem cells

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Vivek Golikeri, Dec 25, 2014.

  1. Vivek Golikeri

    Vivek Golikeri Active Member

    Medical miracles are a-blooming. Increasingly, doctors and hospitals are using stem cell research to generate body parts. A girl whose ear was bitten off by a racoon had doctors grow a new ear on her forearm. After it matured, they transplanted it to her face. Suzanne Sommers, a masectomy survivor, has new breasts.

    This is still in its early stages, and might take the better part of a decade to go mainstream. Yet theoretically, the possibilities are endless. Blindness and amputation could become things of the past. Dentists would simply grow perfect new teeth and replace bad teeth with them. Dentures, drilling, fillings....goodbye to all that.

    Yet some things might yet remain beyond control. You can't fix stupid, and growing brains may not help because many morons already have perfect brains. They just don't use them!
     
  2. milquetoast

    milquetoast Senior Member

    Super exciting. Japan is embracing and leading the way with this technology. Canada will be slow to adopt due to our public cash strapped health care system. Much of medicine involves failing organs and body parts. Imagine being able to grow a new pancreas for diabetics.

    I got to assist with some kidney transplants. The surgeries for both parties were long and the recipient has to be on a lifelong crazy medication regime to prevent rejection.

     
  3. Vivek Golikeri

    Vivek Golikeri Active Member

    Good point, Milquetoast. Parts grown from stem cells don't create rejection issues, because it's from one's own DNA. Yes, there will be roadblocks and frustrations in the first decade or so. But this will mainstream. A decade will arrive when the glasses on my face will sit in the Tower of London next to a medieval knight's armor. "See what those primitive people needed to wear."
     

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