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Rabbits' Male Members Grown In Labs

Posted by Hemos on from the for-all-those-accident-people dept.

knobbie writes "The CBC reports in this article that, "Tissue engineers have successfully replaced rabbits' penises with segments grown in the lab from the creatures' own cells.""

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  1. ENLARGE YOUR PENIS BY 4 INCHES OR MORE!!! by eggstasy · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a new, laboratory tested procedure!
    Order now for only $19.95!

    1. Re:ENLARGE YOUR PENIS BY 4 INCHES OR MORE!!! by Kibo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just when I thought my hotmail account couldn't hold any more penis spam, you bastards find a way to double it. (No doubt in 60 days or my money back).

      On the radio, in my email, on late night tv, in popup ads, everyone seems to think I have a tiny penis. I consider used to consider it 'space-efficent' but now I'm starting to develope a complex.

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  2. My dream... by hitzroth · · Score: 2, Funny

    of a twelve inch "pianist" is at hand!

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  3. Oops! by smoondog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You accidently put the einstein icon where there should have been a foot. Please correct...

    -Sean

  4. weird by radiashun · · Score: 2, Funny

    what's up with all the penis news lately? Newscientist.com has an article on the discovery of the oldest fossilized penises here. Must be a slow news week :-/

  5. Re:Why? by gnovos · · Score: 2

    My question is...why the penis?

    Remember how all the magazines used to say that the only profitable business on the web is porn? Remember how all the magazines were saying that biotech is the "next big thing" like the internet was a few years ago?

    Put two and two together and you have your answer. :)

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  6. Only those insecure about their current size... by leviramsey · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...will take advantage of this.

    BTW, does anybody have the phone number of the researchers?

  7. Hmm? by Ryan+Stortz · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now when a girl tells you you're hung like a furry woodland creature...it's not as bad as it was before?

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  8. another solution... by drDugan · · Score: 2

    ... for the John Wayne Bobbits of the world!

    I'll be really impressed when we see more complex
    apendages, like hands, feet, and, or course, heads.

    1. Re:another solution... by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 3, Funny
      I'll be really impressed when we see more complex apendages, like hands, feet, and, or course, heads.

      Oh yeah, that'll work, romantic dinner for two, sparkling conversation, gets all hot and heavy, she undoes your trousers and "It's a hand! Get away from me you FREAK!" ;-)

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  9. I can see the spam now.... by wowbagger · · Score: 2

    Mr. Dewclaw, you too can ENLARGE....

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  10. won't work for sex changes by gene_tailor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In case anybody's wondering, this particular technique is not useful for sex change surgery because the scientists start with tissue samples from the subject and grow them up to make more. This is great in that it avoids any graft-vs-host problems, but if you start out with no penis tissue, you can't make any. It could some day be very helpful for boys born with a micropenis, or following certain types of accidents which befall genetic males... (are you cringing now?)

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    1. Re:won't work for sex changes by tinguru · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Women can get erect clits...

  11. is it just that time of year? by g4dget · · Score: 2
    In different news, scientists also have discovered a 100 million year old penis (two, actually), the oldest one ever found. Is it just the time of year for penises in the news? Does the end-of-summer news hole need to get filled?

    Incidentally, the other article also says that the one grown in the lab works more like that of a 60 year old--rabbit? Doesn't sound too attractive, unless you happen to be an 80 year old rabbit, I suppose.

    1. Re:is it just that time of year? by Jonny+290 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...scientists also have discovered a 100 million year old penis (two, actually)

      *ahem*

      Mr. Thurmond, that's very nice, but PLEASE put your pants back on.

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  12. Re:Why? by Christopher+Thomas · · Score: 2

    I don't know a helluva lot about rabbit anatomy, but I don't think the rabbit penis qualifies as the "next big thing" by any measure.

    It's a mammal, with as complex a body and biology as our own.

    Make something work (reliably) under these test conditions, and humans are not very far away.

  13. Heart by tsa · · Score: 2

    Ha, this gives me hope. I'm still waiting for a new heart that is grown this way.

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  14. One-up-man-ship by Tablizer · · Score: 2

    This is going to create trends that spiral out of control. Soon guys will be carrying around their huge bulges in wheelbarrels. We will finally out-do the Peacok as a species.

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  15. I'd always wondered by maddogsparky · · Score: 2
    But didn't know if my wife was just small or it was just me. That isn't something I've wanted to ask another guy and didn't have any personal experience with until my honeymoon.

    Also, I didn't notice until you mentioned it, but the act has become less, um, painful for her since our son was born (excluding the couple of months it took to heal). Since, um, we've had a better fit, she seems to genuinly enjoy it more instead of mostly doing it for me.

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  16. Re:Why? by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 2

    If John Bobbit and the subsequent "Not Guilty" verdict against Lorena, who admitted to the crime, are any indication, this technology may become important in the future...

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