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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
i may be understanding genetics incorrectly...
but even using your own DNA to grow you a replacement jaw bone - assuming you needed the replacement at the age of 18 - would take 18 years to grow yes?
besides i think we are a short distance from perfecting such things.
In the mean time i think this presents something very helpful for people who have been involved in industrial accidents or who have had various bone structures badly shattered - or even for people who have had failed suicides.
I can't wait to see where medical technology is in another 20 years
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No, it doesn't work that way. Growth speed is controlled by hormones secreted by the pituitary gland. The brain itself times how you grow, not your DNA.