The military is testing a new way to regrow lost body parts.?
Motive: Soldiers are returning from Iraq with amputated limbs. Method: "extracellular matrix," the material that tells cells where to go and what to become. It's currently used to repair rotator cuffs, Achilles tendons, hernias, and bladders. The military arranged the test in part because a man photographed his finger's regrowth (after losing the last three-eighths of an inch) over four months. He says his regrown fingertip behaves like a newborn's, staying intact while his other fingertips crack in cold weather. Is this not what Frankinstien was about?
Public Comments
- Its a good thing if they can 'rebuild' people, i'm not sure many of them would be keen to go and have it blown off again though.
- When will they learn? Didn't the guy who created Frankenstein be killed by his own creation? They should stop using people as guinea pigs. And learn from the movies!
- No, this is not what Frankenstein was all about. This is about using technology to try and help people live their lives. They have a long, long way to go though. As far as guinea pigs go, I think the soldiers volunteer, as they just want a chance. If you were dying of cancer, would you volunteer to be experimented on if it's a possible cure? Would you be a bit ticked off if that was blocked by people calling it unethical? Think about it.
- Interesting question. Don't know what's being done now - but during WW2, new facial parts were "grown" like noses and ears for pilots that suffered burns. The doctors were pioneers in plastic surgery and the burns victims formed a club called the gunea Pig club. Fascinating stuff.
- will they give my fella a bionic willie for the next time he is home? coz he could do with something to sort him down below,even his sister comments about it.
