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Title: First Lab Grown Organs Transplanted into Humans.
Post by: Elaine on April 04, 2006, 09:16:22 AM
Post by: Elaine on April 04, 2006, 09:16:22 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4871540.stm
It might not have immediate impliciations for the transgendered community, but this is an amazing breakthrough in medical technology! Huge! Imagine having some organ fail, and just being able to replace it with a new version of your own.
Now imagine the headlines in 2015: "first trans-woman gives birth with lab grown uterus and ovaries".
It might not have immediate impliciations for the transgendered community, but this is an amazing breakthrough in medical technology! Huge! Imagine having some organ fail, and just being able to replace it with a new version of your own.
Now imagine the headlines in 2015: "first trans-woman gives birth with lab grown uterus and ovaries".
Title: Re: First Lab Grown Organs Transplanted into Humans.
Post by: Melissa on April 04, 2006, 10:13:09 AM
Post by: Melissa on April 04, 2006, 10:13:09 AM
Hehe, maybe that will be me in that headline. Seriously though, I have 2 children and that's enough for me. Kids are expensive. I wouldn't want to have any more.
Also, this may also make it much cheaper with better results for the FTM wanting male organs.
Melissa
Also, this may also make it much cheaper with better results for the FTM wanting male organs.
Melissa
Title: Re: First Lab Grown Organs Transplanted into Humans.
Post by: Dennis on April 04, 2006, 11:43:24 AM
Post by: Dennis on April 04, 2006, 11:43:24 AM
Exactly what I was thinking Melissa. Hopefully there will be some research efforts directed at improving the outcome of FtM bottom surgery.
Dennis
Dennis
Title: Re: First Lab Grown Organs Transplanted into Humans.
Post by: Sandi on April 04, 2006, 03:16:50 PM
Post by: Sandi on April 04, 2006, 03:16:50 PM
It's fascinating what is unfolding in medicine and other fields with our technology growing, not only expotentially, but the expotential exponent is growing expotentially. Some things you see will happen soon, if not in your lifetime.
Maybe not in your lifetime but not far away we will be able to program matter. Change any matter into a sofa, or then reprogram it into a Flat TV. Just like the replicators on Star Trek.
We can already make and manipulate artificial atoms and molecules, manipulating their properties therefore the substance. When we have large production of nano-factories the uses will be limited only by our imagination. The nano scale is a thousand times smaller than micro, which is only about 1/80000 of the diameter of a human hair. Or approximately 3 to 6 atoms can fit inside of a nanometer. We alreadly build under the 100 naometer size.
- Artificial red blood cells (robotic) carrying 236 X more oxygen, and are imune to virus'.
- Quantum computers that are billions of times faster than todays (built by nanofactories).
- Human organs that repair themselves through gene manipulation (regrowth). Sounds great for gender reasignment.
- Virtual reality will become possible that is every bit as real as actual realilty.
- Within the human body the merging of biology and artifical robotics putting human IQ in the 1000s if not more.
- Life expectancy extension to hundreds of years.
Maybe not in your lifetime but not far away we will be able to program matter. Change any matter into a sofa, or then reprogram it into a Flat TV. Just like the replicators on Star Trek.
We can already make and manipulate artificial atoms and molecules, manipulating their properties therefore the substance. When we have large production of nano-factories the uses will be limited only by our imagination. The nano scale is a thousand times smaller than micro, which is only about 1/80000 of the diameter of a human hair. Or approximately 3 to 6 atoms can fit inside of a nanometer. We alreadly build under the 100 naometer size.