Posted on 05/25/2006 5:57:41 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
It's now possible to replace a defective, damaged, or diseased penis with a penis grown in a laboratory -- in rabbits.
But the finding promises an amazing new treatment for infants, boys, and men who suffer penis disfigurement. The replacement organ would be grown on a penis-shaped matrix seeded with cells from the patient's own body.
Researcher Anthony Atala, MD, director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, reported the findings at this week’s annual meeting of the American Urological Association in Atlanta.
"Our goal is eventually to treat infants and adults with birth defects, penis trauma, or penis cancer," Atala tells WebMD. "But this is a future goal. We are now deciding which animal model to explore next."
While human trials are still far off, the Atala team's recent accomplishments make their goal highly credible. Atala and colleagues recently reported successfully using much the same technique to replace defective bladders in human children with spina bifida.
In the rabbit study, Atala's team removed the penises from rabbits and entirely replaced the organs with penises grown from the animal's own cells
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Is it detachable? :)
Why don't they save some time and just clone lawyers.
Now if'n they can only grow the round objects to go with it then we may have a cure for some of the Congress critters.
You gotta have oo to go through that operation!!
ROTFL
This will create a whole new breed of spam emails.
What will they come up with next?
My.
G-d.
Laz, in his car, speaking to the tinny-sounding speaker: "Supersize me, please."
Coming to a Movie Theatre near You...
[just expecting hollyweird to take notice]
It would provide a means to undo at least one element of transsexual surgery.
A mouse
But will it pee on your foot in the morning after a late night out? (Rude awakening No. 437)
Didn't he get that straightened out for the Paula Jones suit?
ping
"...Well maybe we can grow some artificial balls for our Congress! CLOSE THE BORDERS!"
Instead of the little pointy things they use rather then their real brains.
I guess there is some 'B' Movie horror flick potential there...but a lot of the best titles are taken already:
The Thing...Swamp Thing...etc..
John Wayne Bobbitt is interested.
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