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Grow Your Own Replacement Bones
Tim writes "New Scientist reports on a German man who had a complete jaw transplant, after having his cancerous jawbone removed nine years ago. The twist? This jawbone was grown on his shoulder, using a titanium mold, bone marrow, and recombinant bone morphogenic protein." There's also a BBC story.
sorry for the OT post, but I've been submitting this to the Science section for a week. Popular Science has an article about a tinkerer named Somender Singh from India who seems to have figured out how to increase the efficiency of the Internal Combustion Engine by 20%. He describes the innovation in US patent number 6237579 and in an article he published in 2002 available at racingarticles.com. There's an earlier blurb about his discovery in the Indian webzine the-week.com. Are you gonna be the first geek to Singh-mod your car on your block?
I'm gob smacked.
Instead of subdermal or transdermal implants which are used now, in the near future could you grow your own custom sculpted bone horns on your head?
Sehr geehrter Toilettenbenutzer!
Fuck you and your flat screen, you spamming shithead. People like you are the reason I can't keep my email adresses out of spam lists. If you don't know a pyramid scheme when you see one then turn in your Slashdot ID because you're waaaay too goddamned stupid to be posting here.
One man's Score: 0, Troll is another man's Score: +5, Funny.
I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
Oi, no need to be so angry. I don't want to go way offtopic here, but this thing really DOES work. And no, it is not a pyramid scheme since you don't pay any money to join a "club". See the definition of pyramid scheme here.
Looking for hardware (Currently need: Large Etch-a-Sketch) Have one? See my journal!
Free iPods are not a PYRAMID SCHEME scam
How did you like it when I gave you the bone hard and fast last night? I was the one in the sombrero.