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Creating "Homo Minutus" — a Benchtop Human To Test Drugs
Science_afficionado (932920) writes "Vanderbilt University scientists reported significant progress toward creating 'homo minutus' — a benchtop human — at the Society of Toxicology meeting on Mar. 26 in Phoenix. The advance is the successful development and analysis of a human liver construct//organ-on-a-chip that responds to exposure to a toxic chemical much like a real liver. The achievement is the first result from a five-year, $19 million multi-institutional effort led by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), to develop four interconnected human organ constructs — liver, heart, lung and kidney — that are based on a highly miniaturized platform nicknamed ATHENA (Advanced Tissue-engineered Human Ectypal Network Analyzer). The project is supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Similar programs to create smaller-scale organs-on-chips are underway at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Institutes of Health."
I always just use orphans. Nobody seems to care about those.
Homo Minutus .. Also known as "that little faggot"
Why not just midgets?
A homunculus is shaped from a mixture of clay, ashes, mandrake root, spring water, and one pint of the creatorâ(TM)s own blood. The materials cost 50 gp. The creatureâ(TM)s master may assemble the body or hire someone else to do the job.
After the body is sculpted, it is animated through an extended magical ritual that requires a specially prepared laboratory or workroom, similar to an alchemistâ(TM)s laboratory and costing 500 gp to establish. If the creator is personally constructing the creatureâ(TM)s body, the building and ritual can be performed together.
"Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
What about the fundamental rights of these organs?
What with April 1st and so on... Anyways, tomorrow I will be in Prague, and will propose the job offer to the Golem. He's been jobless for centuries now.
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
Clearly an April fools' prank.
I thought the 3D printing revolution meant stuff like this is a snap and just a bittorrent away? Why even post stories like this anymore? Anything, anything at all is possible now.
That's we he does. He gets all the time off he wants, new drugs to try out, and money for nothing really. Has anyone considered the harm this will do?
As long as there are enough rappers/hip hop fans that we can use, why bother?
Your insensitive clod rating has been appropriately adjusted.
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Will they be selling consumer versions as pets?
Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
If you want to have a lame April Fool's joke, that's fine, but done have autoplaying beeping. There's no purpose for that, other than enticing people to track you down and beat you with a rusty pipe.
I believe they are called "monkeys".
Left MS Windows for Linux Mint and never looked back!
Vote for Bernie in 2016!
I'm presuming that the beeps are Morse code for some silly message, but I only know enough Morse to recognize it, not 'read' it.
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
That's what your girlfriend called you when we were together last night.