Islet cell transplant already exists but with drawback of cell rejection. Current research in various labs are trying to integrate nice and working islet beta cells into "containers" (sorry lack of a better word) that are permeable to glucose (inwards osmotic diffusion = input) and insulin (outwards osmotic diffusion = output), but not to immune cells. The goal is obviously to avoid rejection from your body without taking pills till the end of your life like any graft receiver.
When this kind of "device" combining molecular biology and nanotech would be implanted in your arm, would you be a real cyborg?
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Islet cell transplant already exists but with drawback of cell rejection. Current research in various labs are trying to integrate nice and working islet beta cells into "containers" (sorry lack of a better word) that are permeable to glucose (inwards osmotic diffusion = input) and insulin (outwards osmotic diffusion = output), but not to immune cells. The goal is obviously to avoid rejection from your body without taking pills till the end of your life like any graft receiver.
When this kind of "device" combining molecular biology and nanotech would be implanted in your arm, would you be a real cyborg?