 First Steps to Organ Farms?, Rat heart built in lab |
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 Jan 13 2008, 08:58 PM
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Runner  Group: Members Posts: 3,382 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Shadowland Member No.: 8,297  |
Some scientists stripped all the cells out of a rat heart and then put new ones in and got it to start working again. You can read the full article here.
Made me think about organ farms. |
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Jan 13 2008, 09:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
Larry Niven explores this topic [organlegging] in his Known Space set of stories, which I heartily recommend for several reasons.
Rather than farms, organ donation is much more compulsory and/or many more crimes become punishable by death, and the authorities just take the organs from criminals. Just my thruppence.. |
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Jan 14 2008, 04:52 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 28-March 05 From: NA/UCAS/IN/ Member No.: 7,246 |
This story actually made me think of "Type O" organs and "grown to order" organs. Hope they can make this work for humans. Lots of people who need transplants could maybe just get one made and not have to wait for someone to die with the right blood type, and maybe not have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. Who knows, maybe we're on the verge of something really great here. One hopes. B.T.W. I had an aunt who died (of cancer) before she could get a new kidney (not that Medicaid would have paid for one)
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Jan 14 2008, 05:24 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,382 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Shadowland Member No.: 8,297 |
@ apollo124
I lost my dad to cancer so I completely understand how awesome this could be. |
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Jan 15 2008, 09:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
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Jan 15 2008, 10:20 PM
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*koff*China*koff* Look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about. |
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