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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    wow, those are enormous. #neopec
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    11/13/09

    @vinylrake: mamumental! #neopec
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    Image of vuffiraa vuffiraa
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    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
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    Image of jrghoull jrghoull
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    "regrow breasts on pigs"

    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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    11/12/09


    @jrghoull: Possibly. Very possibly. #neopec
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    11/12/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: Holy Christ on a popcicle stick.

    You sir, have won this f**king round. #neopec
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    11/13/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: ....i know that chick.... #neopec
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    Image of Magicant Magicant
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    According to Jeremy Piven, soy milk will do the job just fine. #neopec
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    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
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts

    "That's amazing!" #neopec
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    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
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    11/12/09

    @reddingofish: No kidding. I'm just wondering why the penile equivalent hasn't already hit the market. #neopec
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/12/09

    @reddingofish: THIS. Monetize this procedure, and everyone will benefit.

    Especially me. #neopec
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/12/09

    @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
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/13/09

    @BadUncle: Well... just think about this: fatty tissue in your penis

    Now you can't unthink it, can you? #neopec
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    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
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    Image of AZTriGuy AZTriGuy
    11/12/09

    @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
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    @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
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    11/13/09

    @AZTriGuy: Hang in there -- you sound like an awesome husband. It runs in my family, so I get it somewhat.

    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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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    This is great news for cancer survivors. Plus, it fits in nicely with the penis-growing news from the other day.

    Yay! Pee-pees and bewbies for everyone!! #neopec
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    11/12/09

    @Jeriba: i'll take the bewbs thanks. #neopec
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/12/09

    In reply to Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
    First the pig boobs. Next rabbit dicks.

    [www.livescience.com] #neopec
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/12/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Lauren already covered this [io9.com] #neopec
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    11/13/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: These things always come in threes. I'm waiting for the news that labia can now be grown on bat wings. #neopec
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Artificial Penis Takes a Bunny Hop Forward
    i would like to re-grow my penis.it is a long time since it grew. #artificialpenis
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/09/09

    In reply to Artificial Penis Takes a Bunny Hop Forward
    Trying to set a record for using the word "penis" the most times in a non-fleshbot Gawker post? #artificialpenis
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/09/09

    In reply to Artificial Penis Takes a Bunny Hop Forward
    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
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    11/09/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: So the secret to getting funding to cure cancer is saying that it will also make your junk bigger. #artificialpenis
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/09/09

    @Jesse Astle: Oddly enough, yes. #artificialpenis
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    11/10/09

    @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
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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    11/10/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: I was just going to post that.

    "...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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    11/10/09

    @Counterglow: I sure hope they don't get the shaft. But I guess the balls are in their court... #artificialpenis
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    11/10/09

    @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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    11/10/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: I bow in the presence of a Dark Master. #artificialpenis
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    11/10/09

    @Counterglow: Rise, my young apprentice! #artificialpenis
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    11/09/09

    In reply to Artificial Penis Takes a Bunny Hop Forward
    Did they, remove the rabbit's gear first? #artificialpenis
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    Image of golddiggersof2033 golddiggersof2033
    11/09/09

    In reply to Artificial Penis Takes a Bunny Hop Forward
    Insert joke about not so lucky rabbit's foot here.
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