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Thursday, May 25, 2006

 

Not happy with the penis you were born with?

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.
(heh, he said "penis shaped matrix")

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
(um, ow.)

My Commentary...
Okay, while I'm all for being able to grow new shit for people, is a penis really the next thing to work on?
"Hey, we made a bladder...dude, do you think I could make a penis?"
There's no effective treatment for female sexual dysfunction, and yet, look at us, we can make new penii!
Oo.
You know that there'll be porn stars all over this, to get a second penis.
Not happy with your size? Let's check out the upgrades...
I know there are people out there for whom this is a real problem, but seriously, I wonder how much government funding is going to this.



Via FoxNews and Fark.

send complaints to Madame D  10:14 PM
Comments:
I suspect the reason the scientists chose to culture a penis is that it's a realtively simple organ. No bones, no muscles. Just flesh and blood vessels and nerves. Connecting it up to the host body is relatively straight forward too. Other organs are decidedly more complicated, and notice that they're still at the animal model stage and are only progressing to another animal model. As far as government funding, well, I hope they're getting something. This is really important research and what is learned from experiments like this one is applicable in all future experiments and (eventually) treatments -- not just penises.
# posted by Blogger L : 12:17 AM
 
Okay, that makes sense about it being a relatively straight-forward organ to replicate. I don't disagree that it's important, it's just the whole spin on replacement penises that makes it seem so frivolous to me.
# posted by Blogger Madame D : 12:56 AM
 
Well, what would you expect from Fox News? The network of choice for dicks. They've got to keep them interested between Rush and O'Reilly.
# posted by Blogger L : 1:25 AM
 
My rabbit is hung like a horse!
# posted by Blogger J.R. Kinnard : 1:30 AM
 
Okay, both of you...HA!
# posted by Blogger Madame D : 2:11 PM
 
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