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Well, that's it... if regenerative technology needed any more incentive or sponsorship to get going, the possibility of a men able "to upgrade their current equipment" just guaranteed that this tech will be perfected in only a few years.
This business will be huge! A "growth" industry!
Of course, this means a whole new conversation with your significant other... do you stay natural, or go with the enhanced alternative? #artificialpenisReply
@Anekanta - Space Hippy!: If they don't keep their research safe, or if they go off half-cocked and publish prematurely, I bet they'll come in for some stiff competition. #artificialpenisReply
"...as well as men looking to upgrade their current equipment..."
That is the only line the article needed to get the entire actual concern behind this "scientific work".
PS. I am glad I was not a lab tech for these people. Or a rabbit. "rabbits with damaged penises". How did they get damaged then, science guys? What nightmarish little procedure did you develop for that, which mind crafted the tools. #artificialpenisReply
@Indigen: Yeah--I don't want to know how those poor rabbits got damaged... I just hope those scientists are practising good ethics, and found those rabbits already in a damaged state. #artificialpenisReply
The damaged rabbit units goes along with my wondering how scientists know a mole rat cant feel pain.
On the other hand, if this can make a human penis bigger, how much you want to bet the FDA approves it in record time. Who needs experimental cancer treatments anyway. #artificialpenisReply
@IraeNicole: That crossed mind as well. I'm sure it's still quite a leap to build a fully functional unit from scratch. I dunno how much you could just, er, rewire the plumbing. #artificialpenisReply
Woah, it's Atala again. I heard lots about him in my tissue engineering class; pretty sure he helped make test-tube bladders too.
I know rabbits probably don't care, but I wonder if this affects the nerves. That would probably make most upgraders think twice. #artificialpenisReply
I don't want to ask how they found a dozen rabbits with damaged pee-pees, cause I fear the answer will be as upsetting as the day (very recently) I was informed that goose-down pillows are not made from feathers naturally shed by geese going about their daily business ... I hate adult life... #artificialpenisReply
@hamshank: I was actually wondering the same thing - is there an epidemic of broken rabbit penises, or is there some deranged fellow going about, wrecking their equipment?
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