<![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> Does it... does it work for organs? All I want for Christmas is a functional pancreas!

pirates.happen

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> "Man, this kind of tastes like tripe. This too....why does everything taste like...OH NOOOOOO!"

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @noncornbatant: Yeah, I need some repairs too. Gimme your stomach and I'll grow em in there.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> The only problem with this is that it is TOO AWESOME. As the owner of a profoundly sub-standard meatspace avatar, I'm all for anything that suggests the potential for enhancement. Then I can join The Reals! Oh wait.

But, srsly. Awesome.

noncornbatant

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> Neato. Where is the guy and why isn't he posting photos of all this all over the net? Come on, Finnish dude. Get with it.

And... think how this could make a great hobby in the future. We could grow extra bones for ourselves and try to create new limbs. I've always wanted extra fingers! Why stick to replacement when you could have enhancement!

Liz Henry

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Seth L: Where does it say there was a fertilized egg involved? This procedure used adult stem cells (the kind that actually work) - not embryonic stem cells, which have yet to create a viable cure for anything.

Go adult stem cells!

Dustin L.

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> A good friend of mine crushed his shoulder and throat in a construction accident 28 years ago. Something like this might mean he'll get the use of his right arm back, and regrow his vocal cords. It happened the day after his 21st birthday.

PeteRR

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Eac_O_System:

The stem cells were derived from a fertilized egg, so who would have a problem with it?

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Seth L: I'm sure loI've heard lots of my friends' wives say that.

Gopherit

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> You can see the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus in the stem cell. Why they'd condone this evil-seeming science is beyond my understanding of everything...

Eac_o_System

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Seth L: And besides, who would want to live in an old Sliders episode....

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> So very creepy-cool. Even with a tough spine, I don't think I'd want to be pregnant. Nope.

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Ryan.H:

Right, and wasn't there an article recently proving that male spines are not strong enough to support pregnancy?

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Ryan.H:

I am so waiting for Bujold's uterine replicators - among several other of her truly excellent technologies. Any day now!

aerrin99

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> Blech... Science is gross.

Fishbulb

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Seth L:

Forever. By the time a man can gestate a child, artificial wombs will be good to go. Really, who would go through that if they didn't have to?

Ryan H

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @cde:

Exactly. I mean, how far away are we from a man gestating a child?

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> so basically what you're saying is that teeth might not actually be completely science fiction?

tetracycloide

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> //and then put it inside the patient's abdomen to grow for nine months//

If that ain't a hell of a coincidence :/

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> does he now go by the name of baron von underbite?

the earl of weaver

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> @Seth L: Double overhead cam with your bioengineered jaw, sir?

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells]]> DId he get hooker headers and glasspacks installed? How about a short-shift kit?

Oh wait, this isn't Jalopnik?

Seth L

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