Growing Body Parts

juju · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:09

I have just watched Nip Tuck - the episode where they show the ear grown on the mouse - OMG how can we do that?

loopstah · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:10

Superglue?

PhilthyPhil · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:11

Do you mean how can we do that in the moral sense or how is it scientifically possible?

loopstah · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:28

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1644154.htm

Seems to explain things.

Azagoth · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:56

This little fella!

Meatball · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:00

That's horrid :eek:

I really don't agree with animal testing but the sad thing is there's no real alternative

gumbald · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:02

Mustard?

Fantom · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:10

Thought this was old news? :confused:

genetic engineering and whatnot

Meatball · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:10

gumbald said:
Mustard?

For facial hair and baldness maybe :cool:

loopstah · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:12

L337 LooX said:
Thought this was old news? genetic engineering and whatnot

There was no genetic engineering involved apparently. That was just the anti-progress mob generating hysteria.

lay-z-boy · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:18

damm me and my male mind.

PardonTheWait · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:29

I've got a growing body part. Wanna see?

shimy182 · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:31

Mohinder said:
I've got a growing body part. Wanna see?

no

Archibald0 · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:31

Mohinder said:
I've got a growing body part. Wanna see?

ok, il get my magnifying glass out

VeNT · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:32

shimy182 said:
no

please god no

PardonTheWait · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:34

Archibald0 said:
ok, il get my magnifying glass out

oooo, bern

Walked into that one

Meatball · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:39

Mohinder said:
I've got a growing body part. Wanna see?

OMG. NO

Wrathamon · 25 Feb 2007 at 00:44

loopstah said:
There was no genetic engineering involved apparently. That was just the anti-progress mob generating hysteria.

Correct.

All it is, is normal skin (in this case the mouse's skin) growing in a porus framework in the shape of an ear.

It's all aiming to be used to make real looking ears etc, the same technique will be used using human skin cells to grow over a framework to give patients who have lost their ear to have a cosmetic replacement actually growing on them with real skin.

juju · 25 Feb 2007 at 01:07

It is just so macabre - looks very sci fi but sci fi gone wrong - the poor thing - it all looks so cruel and is quite frankly horrifying.

Nitefly · 25 Feb 2007 at 01:12

juju said:
It is just so macabre - looks very sci fi but sci fi gone wrong - the poor thing - it all looks so cruel and is quite frankly horrifying.

It is fairly cruel, but you have to look at it in a 'they are "just" animals' way, although many people I'm sure disagree.

Saying that, I felt like a ******* after experimenting on some tsetse flys last week