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[Aiii]

Fuck yes, this is the future I've been waiting for.

I hope I live long enough to get to this:

 

[Sidewinder]

Sounds good!

Now make a device that can cure mental illnesses, thanks.

 

[David___]

Would this kind of tech be able to evolve to the point it can replace damaged/missing limbs? Seems like that would be the next logical step

 

[bitbydeath]

Does this mean we can finally get health packs back in games instead of the god awful regenerative health?

 

[Username1198]

Science bitches !

Let's see god do that

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Meanwhile in Lab B where the 2% are being contained:

 

[Epsilon-delta]

I was just talking about the healing technology.

I still don't see it happening though.

I bet Canada or one of the Nordic countries will offer the technology to all its citizens; any country that does not will experience a mass exodus and a brain drain that will cripple its economy.

Also, worst case scenario is that the 99% will not take it lying down. The rich will not survive long enough to experience the benefits of the healing technology.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Seems like a fast track to Cancertown.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Seems like a fast track to Cancertown.

And not all the garbage we drink and eat already?

OKAY!

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Kojima-san staying relevant as always.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Kojima-san staying relevant as always.

Maybe we'll also be ashamed of our words and deeds

 

[Sulik2]

If this actually works as well as they are claiming this should be the focus of the entire medical industry to get tested and approved ASAP. The life saving and changing possibilities are staggering.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Maybe we'll also be ashamed of our words and deeds

You'll see, in a few years, Kojima would be redeemed... Just like with MGS2....

 

[TheCochese]

Fuck yes, this is the future I've been waiting for.

I hope I live long enough to get to this:

C'mon son.

 

[DavidDesu]

Is this real? I read it as some science fiction thing. Reminds me of Star Trek where they just press a tool to your skin, makes a little noise, and that's your treatment lol.

Is this real??? Amazing if so.

 

[Preezy]

But if it duplicates all of you are you still you?

Or just a copy of you?

There is not a single cell in your body that was there 10 years ago, you're already not you. And in another 10 years, you won't be you either.

 

[Szu]

I've seen this episode of Outer Limits. It didn't end well.

 

[HarryKS]

Cancer...

 

[shira]

the next generation of Olympians are gonna be insanity

 

[Aiii]

C'mon son.

Fuck pills, just point an invisible laser at me and grow that thing instantly.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I am just a copy of a copy of a copy...

A WITH A TEETH AAAAAA!

 

[Captain Tuttle]

sounds to good to be true

 

[Human Resources]

This procedure is non-viral.

 

[Quazar]

Will this work for spinal injuries at all?

 

[Culex]

In the not-too-distant future....

There are the HAVES, and there are the HAVENOTS.

"Cure your diseases here! Only a nominal fee of 5 million dollars!"

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Meanwhile in Lab B where the 2% are being contained:

Looooooool

 

[bionic77]

Seems like a fast track to Cancertown.

So is HGH but if this will make you look and feel younger people will do it.

I am also in the camp of I will believe it when I see it. These science stories almost never pan out.

 

[Geist-]

Meanwhile in Lab B where the 2% are being contained:

Lmao, that's good.

 

[Harmen]

Is this real? I read it as some science fiction thing. Reminds me of Star Trek where they just press a tool to your skin, makes a little noise, and that's your treatment lol.

Is this real??? Amazing if so.

I have yet to read all of this, but Nature publications are very well regarded. They don't publish nonsense/poorly controlled studies. But I don't know how well Telegraph reported on the study, many newspapers tend to fail in reporting accurately (non-sensationalist) about science articles.

 

[Kickz]

Damn the future is here

 

[Gnome Scat]

KOJIMAAAA

 

[Kickz]

The 1% 's healthcare plans are gonna be lit!

 

[Aaronrules380]

All of our cells have the same DNA, but they specialize inside the embryo to become different cells. That's why changing specialized stem cells (read: fat cells) into other types was such a hot topic a while back.

Simply injecting "new" DNA wouldn't cause the cell to specialize into something else, nor would it result in spontaneously regrown tissue.

Without reading the paper, I have to imagine it would work by overwriting the epigenetic data of the dna in the cell with what's being being injected. While it's true that all out cells have roughly the same dna (barring any mutations that occured after differentiation), the epigenetic modifications are very different which is why a skin cell is different than a muscle cell in the first place

 

[quesalupa]

Take that, Felicity haters.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I really hope we can get efficient treatment for parkinsons disease soon, my dad would be in such good health for his age if it wasn't for that. I know drugs used for type2 diabetes have stopped the progression in trials. He should be allowed to get whatever drug could potentially help since if this keeps up he'll just ask to have his life ended. I doubt this treatment would be available any time soon.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

At this rate, Kojima is going to be considered a modern day Nostradamus

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Anti-Autism shots are going to be controversial as hell

 

[Always-honest]

It took them a while but now nanotechnology is finally coming to maturity.

 

[Bit-Bit]

OMFG.

This is a major breakthrough. Shit just got real.

 

[capslock]

Uh, I almost can't believe I'm reading this. This is the biggest medical breakthrough since vaccines and antibiotics.

 

[Kthulhu]

Uh, I almost can't believe I'm reading this. This is the biggest medical breakthrough since vaccines and antibiotics.

CRISPR is still cooler than this IMO.

 

[Eusis]

I'm sceptical

you know what these guys inject you

they also regrow organs (even "new" ones..) and heal injuries

Fuck you I'm keeping Armstrong as my role model there.

Spoiler

They probably used nanotechnology to fix up Picard's Borg infection anyway.

 

[Lulubop]

Future gonna be lit. Can't wait for my robo arms.

 

[The Kree]

Future gonna be lit. Can't wait for my robo arms.

Unless these things can also regrow polar ice caps, the future is going to be garbage.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Sounds good!

Now make a device that can cure mental illnesses, thanks.

THIS. So much.

 

[Poppy]

Unless these things can also regrow polar ice caps, the future is going to be garbage.

i regrow ice in my freezer all the time who cares lol

 

[Saganator]

I hope this is true. I'd love to have my mom back. Fuck you Alzheimer's.

 

[Hari Seldon]

This is how you eliminate the need for universal health care lol.

 

[Geist-]

This is how you eliminate the need for universal health care lol.

If the treatment was cheap, I'd think this would make universal healthcare an even easier option since most people just don't want to shoulder the cost.

 

[Ohnonono]

How long till Space Marines?