Scientists Have Grown a Human Spine In a Lab

Its about time they grew a backbone.

Do you have their phone number?

Sounds gross.

I often question the net benefit that technological advancement has brought to society, but this could be an amazing development.

I teach elementary school and have kids with insulin pumps and monitors that feed data into their iPhones. It is fucking amazing. I just have to listen to the monitors to know if the kid is low and needs a juice. We seldom have to do blood draws and no more shots. It’s fucking amazing.

To think that a lab-produced spine might mean someone could get the chance to walk again - or even just breathe independently without worry - seems miraculous.

🙏🏻

And they can’t make a fucking dick bigger yet?

[quote]Sounds gross.

R3 I think uterus has spine beaten in the ugliest words in the English language department.

Lindsey Graham can finally get a spine now!

Sadly, too late for the unfortunate Mr. Loopner.

Can we order 200 of them for the House Republicans?

[quote] I think uterus has spine beaten in the ugliest words in the English language department.

Vulva is up there too

When are they gonna figure out how to replace/regenerate retinal? It's beyond frustrating.

How do the keep the brain alive while switching out spines?

I remember them doing this thirty years ago on an episode of “Star Trek: the Next Generation”. Bravo!

They're also perfecting transplant organs grown inside genetically modified pigs. It's nice to have a reminder that the world isn't going completely downhill.

Is it weird that my first thought was "did they grow it on the back of a mouse?"

[quote]It's nice to have a reminder that the world isn't going completely downhill.

Speak for yourself.

[quote]Hopefully one day paraplegics and quadraplegics will be a thing of the past.

Only if they are millionaires or billionaires, OP.

How will they get a spine out of and into a person?

Don 't ask.

Quads and paras will need more than just a spine. Isn’t there a neurological component?

[quote]How will they get a spine out of and into a person?

Spinal Tap, of course.