How will they prevent rampantly unchecked 'fatty chamber' filling? No woman should suffer nightmarish scenarios of of boobs slowly and continuously ballooning into dimensions no boob should go. #neopec
Marzella says that he hopes the technique will someday alleviate at least one aspect of the breast cancer diagnosis....
If the restorative potential of the technique reduces women's fear of being regularly tested and therefore increases early diagnosis and treatment, so much the better. Breast cancer killed a good friend's mother when I was a kid. #neopec
If someone in show biz wants it to be used for cosmetic applications it wont be 10 years before it is ready it will be more like 1 year. Money talks. #neopec
@BadUncle: Are you kidding? I used to get emails about penis enhancement all the time. Don't tell me they weren't ahead of the curve with this technology. #neopec
Not sure this will work unless the regrown breast is all fat, no ducts. Very few mastectomies are medically necessary. Most are done because the patient wishes to avoid radiation or reduce her risk of developing a new cancer in the future - usually because of a genetic predisposition to breast cancer (BRCA mutation). If there is breast tissue with the patients own genome in it, a new breast would have a risk for breast cancer, negating the benefit of the mastectomy in the first place. #neopec
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: You make a great point. My wife and I have been going through chemo and radiation for her breast cancer that was diagnosed last Christmas. She underwent a partial mastectomy (aka lumpectomy) but has been discussing reconstruction due to the deformity the partial caused. This would be a better solution from the aspect of growing new tissue rather than taking the muscle from the back and bringing it around front to reconstruct the breast, but you make an excellent point about genetics coming into play when still using the woman's DNA. My wife tested negative for the BRCA1 and 2 mutations, so we might be candidates for this, but no one really knows the cause of breast cancer and what other genes could be involved but not yet identified. Most likely the doctor would sit down with a statistical analysis of reappearance in the same way they do currently around chemo and radiation therapies. Of course, they would need history of the testing, re-occurance rates, all that jazz.
Sorry this reply got so long, between my mother having breast cancer 3 years ago and my wife going through it this year, this is a topic that I (unfortunately) know a lot about. #neopec
@AZTriGuy: It is rare (but not unheard of) to need reconstruction after lumpectomy - that's why women opt for the lumpectomy. For women like your wife or the occasional woman who can not have a lumpectomy (small tumor, central tumor right near the nipple) but have no higher risk than anyone else, this may be an option. The manufacturer may be dissappointed to find that they can not market this to all 200,000 women with breast cancer in the US each year.
Would those women need radiation of the newly grown breast tissue? Can you grow new breast tissue in a radiated field after mastectomy or lumpectomy? I don't think anybody knows the answer to those quaestions yet. #neopec
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? #artificialpenis
@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. #artificialpenis
"...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. #artificialpenis
@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. #artificialpenis
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not to make light of the subject but...does this mean that there are pigs out there will perfectly formed mamories? #neopec
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@jrghoull: Possibly. Very possibly. #neopec
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You sir, have won this f**king round. #neopec
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If the restorative potential of the technique reduces women's fear of being regularly tested and therefore increases early diagnosis and treatment, so much the better. Breast cancer killed a good friend's mother when I was a kid. #neopec
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"That's amazing!" #neopec
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Especially me. #neopec
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Now you can't unthink it, can you? #neopec
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Sorry this reply got so long, between my mother having breast cancer 3 years ago and my wife going through it this year, this is a topic that I (unfortunately) know a lot about. #neopec
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Would those women need radiation of the newly grown breast tissue? Can you grow new breast tissue in a radiated field after mastectomy or lumpectomy? I don't think anybody knows the answer to those quaestions yet. #neopec
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If it was just fat, maybe it wouldn't be a problem -- isn't most cancer in/from the ducts? #neopec
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Yay! Pee-pees and bewbies for everyone!! #neopec
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[www.livescience.com] #neopec
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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? #artificialpenis
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"...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. #artificialpenis
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