China Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Lab-grown penises developed by scientists and now 'ready for human tests' Scientists have developed lab-grown penises to help men who have congenital abnormalities or suffered a traumatic injuries, the Observer has reported. The engineered penises were developed by researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina, USA, and are currently awaiting approval to be tested on humans. The work is funded by the US Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which hopes to use the technology to help soldiers with battlefield injuries. Professor Anthony Atala, director of the institute, told the Observer the target is to get the organs into patients with injuries or congenital abnormalities. The penises would be grown using a patient's own cells to avoid the risk of immunological rejection after organ transplantation. Atala previously led a successful project engineering penises for rabbits in 2008. The previous work on rabbits showed that once the tissue was there the body recognises it as its own. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexey Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Reading the title, my reaction was: finally those penises are ready for human tests!!! Let's go test those penises yeah baby. But then, it turns out to be a serious and important scientific breakthrough. Great job scientists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 good, hope it works out for them thankfully I like(and still have) my homegrown one......some are not so fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveakl Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Show this thread to brandymac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Wondering if they'll be using these to help guys who get their fingers blown off? A little Viagra, and you'll be playing the piano as good as ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Wondering if they'll be using these to help guys who get their fingers blown off? A little Viagra, and you'll be playing the piano as good as ever? nah, that wouldn't work for piano as you need them knuckles. Once that thing goes erect, it loses the ability to bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 On a more serious note, Are we developing the ability to grow, and attach, all body parts? Or did we decide that the first one we'd do, would be the penis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Wondering if they'll be using these to help guys who get their fingers blown off? A little Viagra, and you'll be playing the piano as good as ever? They are well on the way to prosthetics with feel and normal function ,not grown yet....but give them time On a more serious note, Are we developing the ability to grow, and attach, all body parts? Or did we decide that the first one we'd do, would be the penis? organs mainly so far, and ears,noses ect....far less complex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 On a more serious note, Are we developing the ability to grow, and attach, all body parts? Or did we decide that the first one we'd do, would be the penis? Well, the same professor that is cited in this article talks about other organs as well, here he is discussing making kidneys: https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 A little Viagra, and you'll be playing the piano as good as ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexey Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 On a more serious note, Are we developing the ability to grow, and attach, all body parts? Or did we decide that the first one we'd do, would be the penis? attach AND detach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkabong82 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 This thread is full of hard facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 And here I am with no hair on my head. How you can you grow a penis and I'm still bald? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 And here I am with no hair on my head. How you can you grow a penis and I'm still bald? rubbing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 rubbing it? The bald head or the penis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The bald head or the penis? works for both I hear http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003246.htm naturally the results differ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have an image of a penis tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have an image of a penis tree.jpeg or .gif? Can you send it to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have an image of a penis tree Kinda related, and very NSFW photo, in link to a Mirror news story. NSFW (but funny) link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANDWARF Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 .jpeg or .gif? Can you send it to me? They enjoyed those in medeival times: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/medievalist-shares-ripe-fruit-of-penis-tree/2009606.article https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/ad_149337029.jpg?w=930&h=620&crop=1#038;h=667 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have an image of a penis tree tatooed on your back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawBBQSauce Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I didn't realize we were allowed to say penis on ES. Hell yeah. Penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I found a photo of the scientist after he completed his research. NSFW (yeah, that means don't click on this at work - ya idjits) http://imgur.com/51AtVTn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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