Researchers Create New Heart from Stem Cells

[AZhitman]

Keeping myfingers crossed for you, big guy. Hope the surgery goes well.

[RobPaulson]

Keeping myfingers crossed for you, big guy. Hope the surgery goes well.

DAMNIT greg!! I told you, that was between uuussss!!!!

[IBCoupe]

Good post, Greg.

I have heard about the ears on rats, but I didn't think those were functional. Merely cosmetic, whereas this was just that much more promising.

[AZhitman]

Well, no more functional than a non-functional apendage designed to funnel sound waves into the ear canal...

The heart thing is awesome.

As someone with a prosthetic valve, I think it's going to be awesome when they can implant lab-grown valves (from a person's own cells).

[Empty V]

Crazy I just saw this as right now I'm watching The 6th Day.

[breadbox]

Thats pretty spiffy. so eventually people will have build threads for their upgraded internals.

[ADDirishboy]

No one loves me
Neither do I

Am I the only one who caught the reference here?

Also, let's try and keep the religious issues out of this. No reason to attack it.

[tm1218]

the day lifeforms are able to be resurrected from death (so long as the bodies are kept from decaying of course) will be the day that shakes humanity. religious people will be in denial. after all, you can't yank a man from heaven after he has already been there a month, can you? lol

government... start putting all corpses on ice. i shall awaken in the distant future (as long as I am not killed in a body mutilating way *cringes*)

[wingFeather]

you can't yank a man from heaven after he has already been there a month, can you?

Yes you can. People have come out of comas after reporting crossing over to the other side. Is it smart to play God? No. But I digress - religious discussions are not welcome on NICO (so please stop).

[IBCoupe]

Maybe we're just downloaded into new bodies on the Cylon homeworld.

[AppleBonker]

you can't yank a man from heaven after he has already been there a month, can you?

Yes you can. People have come out of comas after reporting crossing over to the other side.

Some drug addicts report similar. So clearly, it isn't that rare to be going back and forth...

[AZhitman]

Maybe we're just downloaded into new bodies on the Cylon homeworld.

<crosses fingers>

All kidding aside, and despite my faith, I'm not interested in leaving... even on my WORST day, life is awesome.

[wingFeather]

Perhaps the reanimated will come back without the right soul, a new soul or any soul. That would be wild. The bible does speak of a day when the dead will walk the Earth Greg, you can stay here on that day... I personally will get the heck out dodge!

[AppleBonker]

Exactly ^ I read about this one ring that was forged that could basically give a man unlimited power. Yet it seems like everyone who came into contact with it was completely corrupted by its power. I think given the chance, I'd try to destroy it in the volcano where it was formed. But then again, maybe I would be corrupted by the power too. Hopefully I could look at it logically enough and realize that anything the ring ever influenced was just a way to bring it closer to its master (except for maybe the Oathbreakers that were cursed by Isildur who ended up providing assistance in the toppling of Sauron - I mean, the ring had to be used for that curse, right? Or else wouldn't people just run around middle earth cursing each other? Scary to think about that kind of power).

[wingFeather]

Exactly ^ I read about this one ring that was forged that could basically give a man unlimited power. Yet it seems like everyone who came into contact with it was completely corrupted by its power. I think given the chance, I'd try to destroy it in the volcano where it was formed. But then again, maybe I would be corrupted by the power too. Hopefully I could look at it logically enough and realize that anything the ring ever influenced was just a way to bring it closer to its master (except for maybe the Oathbreakers that were cursed by Isildur who ended up providing assistance in the toppling of Sauron - I mean, the ring had to be used for that curse, right? Or else wouldn't people just run around middle earth cursing each other? Scary to think about that kind of power).

[Razi]

Exactly ^ I read about this one ring that was forged that could basically give a man unlimited power. Yet it seems like everyone who came into contact with it was completely corrupted by its power. I think given the chance, I'd try to destroy it in the volcano where it was formed. But then again, maybe I would be corrupted by the power too. Hopefully I could look at it logically enough and realize that anything the ring ever influenced was just a way to bring it closer to its master (except for maybe the Oathbreakers that were cursed by Isildur who ended up providing assistance in the toppling of Sauron - I mean, the ring had to be used for that curse, right? Or else wouldn't people just run around middle earth cursing each other? Scary to think about that kind of power).

[AppleBonker]

Don't you dare mock my religion you sumbish

[Encryptshun]

Don't trust the grey midget.

[MellowZ32]

Don't you dare mock my religion you sumbish

your religion sounds made-up!

[AppleBonker]

HOW DARE YOU!!!

[MellowZ32]

[ProudNissanFreak]

Exactly ^ I read about this one ring that was forged that could basically give a man unlimited power. Yet it seems like everyone who came into contact with it was completely corrupted by its power. I think given the chance, I'd try to destroy it in the volcano where it was formed. But then again, maybe I would be corrupted by the power too. Hopefully I could look at it logically enough and realize that anything the ring ever influenced was just a way to bring it closer to its master (except for maybe the Oathbreakers that were cursed by Isildur who ended up providing assistance in the toppling of Sauron - I mean, the ring had to be used for that curse, right? Or else wouldn't people just run around middle earth cursing each other? Scary to think about that kind of power).

[Razi]

OLD NEWS
There was talk of these things at a TED presentation.
They did it a few years ago, grew a girl a new bladder.
They can do anything, organs, fingers, etc...

Baller shti!

[krimsonviper]

Hopefully in 20-30 years, this will be something we can look forward to, just as a surgery, to rebuild a person's dying heart, missing hand, or something similar.

In about 4 years, we'll all be zombies. Can you imagine a regenerating zombie?



I CAN! nothxkbai

Just think, when you step on a spider, and almost kill him all the way, he regenerates so fast, that in an hour or two, he's back up and walking around.

I don't know if I am joyous about this possibility. I HATE spiders. The only thing, besides Adam in a tutu drenched in caramel, that creeps me out. But the possibilities could be endless! I could do so much to them for freaking me out that it just might be worth it!

[AppleBonker]

Quit spying on me then

[krimsonviper]

Quit spying on me then

Can't help it...

[Jesda]

Make three or four Mandy Moores out of her hair follicles and I might care.

[tm1218]

everyone will be wanting pen15 extensions in the near future.

[AppleBonker]

Extension? Forget that. I'm more concerned with having the girth of a tuna can

[tm1218]

monster chode ?