Stunning Medical Progress

momo55 · 02-03-12, 08:32 PM

This is jaw dropping news . I'm curious what new doors will be opened with this technique in the future...
http://mtbeurope.info/news/2012/1202005.htm

magicstix · 02-03-12, 08:43 PM

This kind of thing is already obsolete with fleshprinting and stem cell techniques. They won't make you a titanium jaw in the future, they'll grow you a new one from your own cells.

August · 02-03-12, 09:52 PM

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This kind of thing is already obsolete with fleshprinting and stem cell techniques. They won't make you a titanium jaw in the future, they'll grow you a new one from your own cells.

Yeah but I wanna titanium one! Be able to drive nails with my chin. That'd be cool!

Gargamel · 02-04-12, 12:37 AM

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Yeah but I wanna titanium one! Be able to drive nails with my chin. That'd be cool!

Most titanium alloys are actually quite soft, so you'd drive the nail, but end up bending your jaw. Then you'd have to heat it to over 700c to bend it back, and there goes the rest of your face.

magicstix · 02-04-12, 12:48 AM

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Most titanium alloys are actually quite soft, so you'd drive the nail, but end up bending your jaw. Then you'd have to heat it to over 700c to bend it back, and there goes the rest of your face.

Worse than that, his skin and muscles aren't made of titanium...

August · 02-04-12, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Most titanium alloys are actually quite soft, so you'd drive the nail, but end up bending your jaw. Then you'd have to heat it to over 700c to bend it back, and there goes the rest of your face.

Thanks for crapping on my Terminator fantasy!

Betonov · 02-04-12, 12:35 PM

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Thanks for crapping on my Terminator fantasy!

Make a carbon fiber jaw

You could chew trough a train with those

Egan · 02-04-12, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Most titanium alloys are actually quite soft, so you'd drive the nail, but end up bending your jaw. Then you'd have to heat it to over 700c to bend it back, and there goes the rest of your face.

I'm an old time aesthete, can I have my jaw in teak and walnut instead?

GoldenRivet · 02-03-12, 09:54 PM

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

magicstix · 02-03-12, 09:59 PM

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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

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.

GoldenRivet · 02-04-12, 12:20 AM

So, we could grow a liver for a 30 year old ... in say, 1 year?

magicstix · 02-04-12, 12:24 AM

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So, we could grow a liver for a 30 year old ... in say, 1 year?

Wouldn't even take that long. Probably a few weeks at most. You don't even have to grow a whole liver, you only need around 25% of a normal liver to survive, and it's one of the only organs that regrows itself.

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magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This kind of thing is already obsolete with fleshprinting and stem cell techniques. They won't make you a titanium jaw in the future, they'll grow you a new one from your own cells.