Have you ever wondered if we could replace old worn body parts much like you’d replace parts on your car? Well, that time is nearly here and the possibility of greatly lengthening lifespan may be just around the corner. New discoveries in the scientific community are quickly advancing the ability to not only replace organs, but grow them from a patients own unique cells. This episode from NOVA reveals some of the unusual techniques that have allowed scientists to create the structures necessary for new ears, lungs and even hearts while showing us that the day of rejected donor organs and long recovery periods may well be gone.
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Have you ever wondered if we could replace old worn body parts much like you’d replace parts on your car? Well, that time is nearly here and the possibility of greatly lengthening lifespan may be just around the corner. New discoveries in the scientific community are quickly advancing the ability to not only replace organs, but grow them from a patients own unique cells. This episode from NOVA reveals some of the unusual techniques that have allowed scientists to create the structures necessary for new ears, lungs and even hearts while showing us that the day of rejected donor organs and long recovery periods may well be gone. -
Good...some guys on this forum have already worn out their @ssholes.Comment -
no, because the earth will kill us offComment -
I am pretty sure yes we can , look at CherComment -
See if they can grow me a new brain.
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Sounds like that movie they made while back "The Island"Comment -
After UConn won the Big East Tournament, it made me believe anything is possible
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not before the nuclear meltdown from japan kills everybody .Comment -
I wonder how close they are to having robotic limbs...Comment -
I intend to live forever. So far, so good
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i think they've already achieved that
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i won't realize that i don't live forever anyway, so who cares?Comment -
If they can't make us wiser, not sure it matters.Comment -
Living in space makes you age slower due to less natural radiation exposure
So if there's a space colony one day, people might be able to live for 150 years.
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Live forever? I'll pass...Comment -
There is a movie 'The Island' (Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor with). They tell you how to live for a very long timeComment -
We will all die from nuclear warComment -
If we could keep our brain power and somewhat of a body that would be alright for 100 years or so.Comment -
i figure i live another 20 years maybe if i'm lucky 35 now.Comment -
theoreticaly we can live forever if we know how to control the process of telomerasa. Here you can read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelomeraseComment -
even if that thing works we'll overpopulate and kill each other offComment -
its horrible , Japan nuclear meltdown radiation cloud thats coming to USA .Comment -
I knew Robocop and Terminator were real! lolComment -
is that necessarily a good thing?? not sure i'd want to be around forever, conception of time and events would be so distorted to a point you'd lose your humanity. but perhaps that's the point of this vid.Comment -
I would hate for people to start living forever...this world is overpopulated enough with the rate some of us reproduce like rabbits and most of them dont have the money to support 1 kid...Comment -
i think it's all up to God, cause tomorrow - no matter what kind of discovery are we gonna have - if the world shakes and nuclear plants explode - scientists die - and we are back to square one.
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why would you live forever? after your 20's its all downhill.Comment -
crazy stuff goin on up in here playaComment
