World's First Double-Arm Transplant

quakeslut writes "The BBC has the scoop on the first double-arm transplant. Amazingly, after only two weeks or so, the recipient says that it already feels "as if these are my own hands." Please, keep the "give that guy a hand, or two!!" jokes to a minimum."

Comments

Sweet

[Lshmael]

Double-arm transplants...what's next? Legs? Torsos? Heads in a Jar?

If he weren't dead, I'd steal Bruce Lee's arms.

WOH-PAH!

Re:Sweet

[jcenters]

What do you mean if he weren't dead? With today's technology?

1. Find Bruce Lee's dead corpse.

2. Extract his DNA.

3. Find a pig.

4. Insert Lee's DNA into the pig.

5. Wait a few months for the arms to grow.

6. ???

7. Profit!!

Re:Sweet

[umofomia]

1. Find Bruce Lee's dead corpse.

I'll tell you how to get there... :)

Lakeview Cemetery
1554 15th. Ave. E
Seattle, WA

Take the #10 bus from downtown Seattle, you can catch it going west on Madison St., north on 1st Ave, then east on Pike at 4th and 6th, and east at 9th and Pine St. Take this bus to the end of the line, about a 15-20 minute ride. You will pass the cemetery just before the last stop. Enter through the main gate and proceed straight ahead, up the hill. You will see a flag pole to your left,near the top of the hill. The grave is about 50 ft. north and a little east of the flag pole. Look for two 4 ft. side-by-side head stones with a small bench in front of them. Bus service is very frequent on all days except sundays.

How much did those cost?

[Mick D.]

I hope they didn't charge an arm and a leg for those, or he is still gonna be missing a limb. :)

Well

[RaboKrabekian]

Gives new meaning to the Stranger technique.

Ok, so that's pretty gross, sorry.

Zaphod,

[belbo]

is that you?

*SCNR*

I can see..

[Tuxinatorium]

I can see that the prewar Arms Race has already begun!

whole body transplant

[falsification]

We're getting close to the point where most of the body can be transplanted. We already have seen face transplants, skin transplants, hair transplants (?), cornea transplants, arm transplants (and thus, presumably leg transplants), internal organ transplants, etc.

The brain is just about all that's left.

Re:whole body transplant

[pauljlucas]

The brain is just about all that's left.

But it's not just another body part since it's where the essense of the individual resides. A "brain transplant" is really a "whole body transplant" since the person is tied to the brain, i.e., the brain (and the person) gets a new body, not the body gets a new brain.

To have a real "brain transplant" would require that one's memories, neural patterns, etc, be transferred to the new brain. However, since the way a person is is tied to the way neurons are physically connected, transfer would be impossible snce the entire new brain would have to be "rewired." It would probably be easier to "grow" a new brain cloning the original structure. Even so, this is many years off.

The Stranger

[metamatic]

You can try using your left hand, sure. Unfortunately, that whole "if you use your left hand it feels like someone else is doing it" thing is about as medically accurate as the one about hairy palms.

From which we deduce that anyone seriously suggesting "use your left hand, it feels like someone else is doing it", has never actually had someone else do it.