Tissue engineers grow penis in the lab

New Scientist.com ^ | 11 September 02 | Sylvia Pagán Westphal, Boston

[aculeus]

For you science buffs.

[soozla]

"Yes,..........hello, is this the "Tissue Engineering Dept.?????.............I'd like to place an order, please.........."

[general_re]

This is important information to some people - is there a radical-feminism list we can ping this to?

[fourdeuce82d]

Amazing! Wonderful! Errr...ummm... I mean not for me mind you, of course not...but for "those other guys" who might be in need...

[Wolfie]

Frankenpenis lives! (No nuts, just two bolts)

[null and void]

Might be nice to have a spare...

[Darth Sidious]

"If you have a child born with ambiguous genitalia, it's a life-changing event," says Anthony Atala of Harvard Medical School, whose team carried out the work.

Insert "Michael Jackson joke" here.

[null and void]

Yow!! We have a quote of the day...

[truenospinzone]

What - no pictures? ;>

[galt-jw]

...so hows that rabbit taste?....its got a little wang to it.

[claptrap]

I would imagine that Rosie O'donell must have her order in !

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Mr. Bobbit, Mr. Wayne Bobbit,
Please pick up the white courtesy telephone.

[steve-b]

I thought they did that half a century ago, only it grew six feet tall and escaped.

[jonefab]

Who needs two Bill Clintons?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Brings to mind the song Detachable Penis by King Missile...

for some reason.

[HamiltonJay]

Hey will Ron Jeremy be doing the infomercials for this penis enlargment operation as well?

[verity]

The creation of a 'set of ba***' for elected officials would be far more beneficial.

[Billthedrill]

Rabbits, shmabbits - they do this with an elephant, call me.

[GWfan]

Where's the picture?

[skeeter]

Tissue engineers grow penis in the lab

Whats the big deal? This can happen anywhere.