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'Breakthrough' penny-sized nanochip pad is able to regrow organs and heal injuries
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CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Almost sounds too good to be true...
It really does
Azure Dream
Member
At least one person is going to turn into an Akira-like mess of flesh, can we go ahead and accept that? We'll see the pictures, say "Wow, that's really gross, poor person", but on the whole give them a second chance?
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Wouldn't this basically take away the entire healthcare issue overnight?
Cost will be probably prohibitive like any new tech for the foreseeable future
Traditional stuff will be around for a long time
BlackNMild2k1
Member
I haven't read the direct article yet, but I wonder how hard it would be to get someone into the clinical human trials....
this really does sound too good to be true, and I know someone that will be overjoyed to know about it, and hopefully find a way to be involved.
this really does sound too good to be true, and I know someone that will be overjoyed to know about it, and hopefully find a way to be involved.
Imperfected
Member
The reason someone would turn themselves into a gross Akira-like mass of flesh, if they could--which they can't--would be because they could--which they can't.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Let's see if this treatment ends up only in the hands of the rich and we have the Elysium scenario sooner than expected
I tried to tell you
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
Looks like this can fix anything?
Just wait for kidney failure and then apply the patch. New kidneys.
Just put it on your head, and it can regrow hair follicles.
Just wait for kidney failure and then apply the patch. New kidneys.
Just put it on your head, and it can regrow hair follicles.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This is...very cool
Imperfected
Member
Honestly this tends to be a pretty baseless concern.
The GOP aside, rich people only want you dead once you've become an economic liability. If they can keep you alive and working indefinitely they're more than happy to continue having you generate value for them from now until the end of time. They just don't want to keep people alive who are no longer going to be able to work and make them richer.
Jason Frost
Member
The future will be like Elysium, only the rich people will have access to it.
Obliterator
Member
Implant this into my like yesterday.
I'm all down to be "post-human". I don't believe in a natural life at all. If they could augment the shit out of me with working technology I'd gladly do it.
I'm all down to be "post-human". I don't believe in a natural life at all. If they could augment the shit out of me with working technology I'd gladly do it.
Hidden One
Member
Is this how the worlds first Super Hero is made?
I'm not sure if you mean it in an uplifting way, considering full scale automation is happening right now.
No.
Gotta wait for the better-than-human prosthetics, possibly with some sort of alternate vascular fluid that's better than human blood. Carbon nanotube muscles can put out tons of work-energy compared to human muscles (supposedly up to ten times more), but are actually less efficient than normal human muscles, and so require more energy to fuel their power.
Maybe we could build prosthetic bodies capable of running entirely on battery power, but I'm not sure how you'd handle the brain in that scenario (since it still needs blood and a steady supply of oxygen and even hormones to function).
Imperfected
Member
Oh, it's still entirely dystopian and depressing, but be depressed for the right reasons. There are plenty of people who want you dead without conjuring up imaginary ones!
iamaustrian
Member
I'm sceptical
you know what these guys inject you
they also regrow organs (even "new" ones..) and heal injuries
you know what these guys inject you
they also regrow organs (even "new" ones..) and heal injuries
Epsilon-delta
Banned
You're too cynical.
I said this before, I don't see scientists and engineers designing & building a space station for the 1% without it leading to violent riots and a breakdown in society.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Don't worry, capitalism will find a way to screw everyone
Unknown Soldier
Member
The space station was a metaphor for the insurmountable gap that separates the rich and the poor.
Also, being that it was a Hollywood film, the space station looked cool.
Nah China or India will make billions of replicas for the rest of us
BlackRainbowFT
Member
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/07/penny-sized-nanochip-pad-regrow-organs-heal-injuries/
Direct link to scientific journal: https://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2017.134.html
I realize that a lot of this popular science stuff is fake or overblown, but the journal seems respected and clinical trials are scheduled for next year, so it looks a lot more promising than other miracle technology that show up on news sites.
Inject brain cells into my brain if old.
albeit a flawed metric, nature has the highest impact factor and only (usually) the best articles get published there. At least in my field (neuroscience). this is not to say "take everything at face value, don't be critical"
Emulated Hype
Member
The average Gaf dick is already too large as-is. If we go any bigger then there won't be any orifices left that'll fit them.
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It's like it violates the rules of nature.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
If this actually works as advertised (and that's a BIG if), it'll be a complete paradigm shift in how we see medical care.
Jason Frost
Member
I was just talking about the healing technology.
It can't fix your teeth. Could fix your gums though.
Your eyes, depends what causes the issue.
Just make larger orifices.
iamaustrian
Member
didn't some japanese scientist invent some sort of liquid enamel which makes drilling out caries obsolete a while ago?
you apply it to the rotten patches and it fixes the tooth instantly
you don't want to go down that path of escalation
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
Probably will. Depends on how it's going. To be distributed.
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Deleted member 284
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Whoa blindness/deafness could be cured in specific circumstances...
Mr. PlayStation
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I think so too!
Business
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TheGameshark
Member
lol that's immediately what I thought. No way this going to be viable and probably not for a long ass time.
SolarPowered
Member
Heeeeey
That is what I want to see. I saw this thread hours ago, but didn't bother to open it since the "breakthroughs" always end up being years or even decades away from human use. Testing next year is awesome news. Also, good on you for add Senator Armstrong lol.
I need injections for my tinnitus and messed up laser eyes asap. If you can nanomachine my MPB too that be nice too.
there are various stages of human trials and this is likely a long ways off. there's usually various iterations of private small scale trials to tweak and test things until they have something the feel worth bringing to market. this can take years on its own. then you have fda trials which undergo multiple phases which can takes years each as well.
there are various stages of human trials and this is likely a long ways off. there's usually various iterations of private small scale trials to tweak and test things until they have something the feel worth bringing to market. this can take years on its own. then you have fda trials which undergo multiple phases which can takes years each as well.
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