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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine - Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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    Image a greenhouse where they grow human feet, whole legs, loose eyes and a bunch of hearts next to another greenhouse where they grow arms that wave as you walk past, their fingernails perfectly groomed. You see a bunch of scalps with a youthful head of hair next to some carefully protected brains. Perfect teeth growing row after row. And as you look around you realise how happy people will be with the spare body parts you’re growing, and feel a deep form of gratitude your father got you in this new industry because thanks to him you are a rich man with a big house and a big car and a perfect wife.

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      I mean, sure. Anyone who can grow an entire human body, bit by bit, can assemble a perfect wife. I mean, have a perfect wife.

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        Removed by mod

      • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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        Or you could replace all your fingers with penis clones and be Edward Penishands

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    i seem to recall a scarlett johansson/ewan mcgregor movie about this

    • ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world
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      The Island? I don’t recall it being a big hit, but I enjoyed it.

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        It starred Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor. We could watch them watch paint dry for two hours and it would still be pleasant on the eyes.

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      I think Kiera Knightley and Andrew Garfield did one with a similar, if less action packed, one.

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    Cool new term for a slave.

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    Been saying this ever since I heard of lab-grown meat. Why would you wait for kidney donation when your own DNA can be used to grow a healthy kidney for transplant.

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      Kidney 5843B, you have won a trip to the island!

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    “Ethically sourced.” Uh huh.

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    I’m sure that’ll go great with capitalism

    • NycterVyvver@lemmy.world
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      • inserts Zydrate joke *
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        A little glass vial? A little glass vial!

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      They’ll humane-wash it with some fraud credential they created — like everything else — but the body inside will be some Palestinian, Uyghur, or “other” gulag prisoner; sourced from a fascist pipeline.

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        It’ll turn into “Soup Is Good Food” by DK or Soylent Green so fucking fast

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    Gaza has a ton. ruzzia too.

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    “Grown without the nueral components for awareness, thought or pain”

    Somehow I doubt that

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      No brain no pain

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    • Snowcano@startrek.website
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      I think you meant…

      • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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        Ahem

        House of the Scorpion

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          Banger book. Been one of my favorites since I was a kid

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    I don’t see a problem with this.

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    BABE WAKE UP HOMUNCULI JUST DROPPED

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    Didn’t we want to clone ourselves in case we needed a kidney some years back?

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    Sorry but until capitalism is gone this is just crazy stupid.

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