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Jacket Grown from Living Tissue
RangerRick98 writes "Wired has a story about growing jackets from living tissue. The jacket is grown using "a biodegradable polymer as a base," a coating of 3T3 mouse cells (which apparently continue to grow and split even after being removed from their host), and human bone cells for rigidity. The jacket grown so far is only about 2 x 1.4 inches. The hope is that when the polymer degrades, the jacket will retain its structure. The focus behind this work is 'victimless' leather."
Why don't scientists instead concentrate on breeding a cow that enjoys being eaten and having it's skin made into leather goods?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
My second thoughts were "Hmm, I wonder how I'd look in a mouse coat".
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I'm thinking: same technology, but keep the jacket tissue alive, and stick some nerve cells and audio production equipment in there somewhere.
Imagine how many PETA heads you could explode if your jacket cried out in pain when you busted a seam or whimpered with hunger if you hadn't spilled any food on it recently.
I'm going to have to lose a ton of weight to fit into a 2" x 1.4" jacket...
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing -- Emo Phillips
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DNA is the ultimate spaghetti code.
The focus behind this work is 'victimless' leather."
So where do they get the human bones from? Or aren't we supposed to ask that?
It rubbs the lotion on its skin...
Next they should work out how to grow pure cotton fibres so they can save the senseless slaughter of millions of cotton plants every year... just so us hairless apes can stay warm!
I'm outraged that they have chosen the ignoble cow to save, itself guilty of torturing living plants (did you know they eat them alive... then chew them and grind them up several times before sending them to four, count them four stomaches to be slowly and cruelly digested via the use of ACID!).
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
Which part of the deer are you using to post right now?
Burns: Some men hunt for sport, Others hunt for food, The only thing I'm hunting for, Is an outfit that looks good... See my vest, see my vest, Made from real gorilla chest, Feel this sweater, there's no better, Than authentic Irish setter. See this hat, 'twas my cat, My evening wear - vampire bat, These white slippers are albino African endangered rhino. Grizzly bear underwear, Turtles' necks, I've got my share, Beret of poodle, on my noodle It shall rest, Try my red robin suit, It comes one breast or two, See my vest, see my vest, See my vest. Like my loafers? Former gophers - It was that or skin my chauffeurs, But a greyhound fur tuxedo Would be best, So let's prepare these dogs, Mrs. Potts: Kill two for matching clogs, Burns: See my vest, see my vest, Oh please, won't you see my vest.
On the plus side, if everyone wears human skin clothing, that guy in The Silence of the Lambs will seem less crazy and more fashionable.