New Medical procedures.

[Benny2guns]

surely we have to set some boundaries.
we have laws against screwing animals (have you seen my wife)
but you propse no laws in gene mutation experiments etc?

Boundries, interisting idea, I am convinced that any that are set will be taken down or broken. I say this because I beleive we created us in the first place and more than once to be sure, but that has to be for another topic.

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I bet your trees fall silently in the forest, Ben

[billy]

@ scrufus;

Enough is enough when they can make things as good as new, not newer.

i like it.

@ benny;

i agree, they always go beyond any boundaries set. i suppose it's what science does, for me it isn't always right.

@ scruffus.
it's the SD&D;
leave benny's trees where they fall.

[dudieezper]

The discovery of artificial replacement of bones out of woods is indeed a big break in the medical history. They should try to make it hundred percent successful before trying the procedure on human. Medical discovery is a continuous process, no one will stop as long as people are inflicted with disease. Indianapolis Liposuction

[mrmod]

[smartass]It's impossible to make something 100% succesful .[/smartass]

But imo i don't think that it would be that easy. Bionic arms or legs could be very useful though leepy:

[billy]

[smartass]It's impossible to make something 100% succesful .[/smartass]

But imo i don't think that it would be that easy. Bionic arms or legs could be very useful though leepy:

your mum and dad were pretty close cos they got a 99.99999999 percent idiot when they had you

back on topic.

i'm pretty sure that in time
prosthetic limbs will be as good as perfect.
maybe even cultured from real bone and tissue

[mrmod]

[smartass]It's impossible to make something 100% succesful .[/smartass]

But imo i don't think that it would be that easy. Bionic arms or legs could be very useful though leepy:

your mum and dad were pretty close cos they got a 99.99999999 percent idiot when they had you

back on topic.

i'm pretty sure that in time
prosthetic limbs will be as good as perfect.
maybe even cultured from real bone and tissue

It's that 0.00000001% that makes me smarter than you .

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But "that time" could range from 100 years to millenia. We simply don't know if it will be a breakthrough or just a huge, long development .

So I wouldn't put my hopes up.

[billy]

[smartass]It's impossible to make something 100% succesful .[/smartass]

But imo i don't think that it would be that easy. Bionic arms or legs could be very useful though leepy:

your mum and dad were pretty close cos they got a 99.99999999 percent idiot when they had you

back on topic.

i'm pretty sure that in time
prosthetic limbs will be as good as perfect.
maybe even cultured from real bone and tissue

It's that 0.00000001% that makes me smarter than you .

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But "that time" could range from 100 years to millenia. We simply don't know if it will be a breakthrough or just a huge, long development .

So I wouldn't put my hopes up.

actually they're already growing organs in the lab.
hearts livers windpipes etc here's a ted talk i was watching last night that's really some amazing shit. TED TALKS
with some of the successes working in real people. well worth the watching of.

[addy]

Once they can replicate a human brain, I'll be pretty scared

[billy]

Once they can replicate a human brain, I'll be pretty scared

for a minute there i was hoping this was the sewer.

on topic.

it's an organ isn't it?
i think they will eventually.
i know of it being done at least once successfully.

[addy]

I've no doubt they'll eventually replicate a human brain, but can they replicate the human brain? With a heart they can simply grow an organ using your cells to make it compatible, but a brain isn't that simple. Can they make an organ that has all your memories imprinted? It's the only way brain transplants would make sense for those who are brain damaged, right?

[billy]

I've no doubt they'll eventually replicate a human brain, but can they replicate the human brain? With a heart they can simply grow an organ using your cells to make it compatible, but a brain isn't that simple. Can they make an organ that has all your memories imprinted? It's the only way brain transplants would make sense for those who are brain damaged, right?

i know they've definitely made a working one thats been used in a living person.

[addy]

I never heard about that one. That's wild.

But wouldn't that mean he's no longer the same person, if he doesn't have the same brain? Or did they only transplant part of the brain?

[billy]

I never heard about that one. That's wild.

But wouldn't that mean he's no longer the same person, if he doesn't have the same brain? Or did they only transplant part of the brain?

no it was a real brain.

they took the damaged brain out of a persons head and kept him alive using a playstation 2.

from that they extracted a few cells and grew them on a form of scaffolding in the shape of a brain. (the scaffold disappears in time)

when the brain is fully grown, they place back in the skull of the patient and everything is supposed to be fully functional. sadly the cells they used to grow the brain was from the damaged part of it. so now; instead of having a partially damaged brain the patient has a completely damaged brain....

isn't that right benny

[addy]

Tried to leave you a warning, but couldn't. Consider yourself warned anyway. This is a serious discussion thread, so please don't derail it.

Behave yourself, billy.

/mod

[billy]

sorry

back on track.

i saw a piece on the news, cnn (no source)

where they inserted a chip in a guys spine, who was paralysed they told him it could take a few years before they got any reaction but amazingly he was able to stand up after a very short time, it was pretty amazing stuff.