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Scientists Claim Organs Grown From Stem Cells
Llywelyn writes: "It appears that some scientists in the United States are claiming that they have been able to grow functional organs (kidneys) from cloned cow embryotic stem cells. They have not yet released details on how exactly they did this, nor have they yet provided evidence for their claims, but admit to being only in the `proof of concept' phase in research. I guess we'll see down the road if this is legit or the increasingly common `Science by Press Release.'"
I always wanted a cow kidney!
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these... :)
Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
heh.. your sig really works with your post ;-)
Your girlfriend will find great happiness in your new "organ"...
...in bed.
And just what are these "laws of grammer jackass"?
Y34H B4BY!!!
Then this is forward progress for organ transplant technology. Presently, people who need a new organ have to go on a waiting list for an organ that their body will accept to a degree. Once they have the transplant they have to take immune system supressing drugs so their body will accept the organ with more ease.
But imagine in afew decades, someone needs a new organ. The person's doctor simply takes some of the persons cells, grows a new organ identical to one that needs to be replaced and performs a transplant. The person heals up and its as if they never had a transpalt. Goodbye cirrhosis of the liver, heart disease, and maybe amputees?
No cows are killed in order to obtain juicy steaks, they kill the ox instead of the cow, which gives milk
Keep it. I dont need to hear that you've got a penis, call me when you have a baby...
I'm with Hillary! Get rid of the greedy and nationalize all health care. Make it illegal to seek health care independent of what the government provides. After all, since the government's is the best and won't have long lines and poor service, there will be no need for you to pay more to formerly free doctors for superior service which is impossible.
Now all that's left is to crush medical development such that no one bothers to try to grow organs in the lab for later transplantation use.
Greed, greedy bastards all!
What have they ever given us? Besides growing healthy, transplantable organs from stem cells, the possibility of acephalous clones for more organ transplantation, massive farming clones reducing the cost and increasing the quality of plants and animals, an understanding of genetics allowing the curing of many diseases, and the cures for those many diseases.
Greedy bastards! Shut them down. Now. Before they save our lives decades ahead of heavy-handed, desirable socialist medical systems.
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Jesux man, couldn't you atleast grow something that tastes good
What a bummer. He'd totall kick Lenox Lewis' ass too. They'll just end up moving the fight.....
What does one feed to "test tube steaks"? Steak food?
You'd better be sorry.
Cool, so next time Kenny gets a ruptured spleen, Dr. Mephisto can just clone him a new one using stem cells. Before the rats cart him off!
Makes sense, you know because Europeans have such a healthy beef market.
I'm the big fish in the big pond bitch.
No, but they can grow a pianist.
They're probably just taking the piss! ** This comment came from the "it was waiting to happen" department! ** Sorry!
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