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by FBM » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:27 am
If this technology had been around about 15 years ago, I'd have 2 intact fibulas now, instead of having one with a displaced section in the middle that keeps floating around and pinching nerves at the most inopportune times.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8438209.stm
Scientists in Italy have discovered a way of making artificial replacement bones out of wood.
Early trials on sheep have showed encouraging results.
The team behind the programme hopes the new bones will soon be available for patients whose own bones have been damaged by accident or disease.
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by maiforpeace » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:33 am
That's fucking amazing! Hopefully they will have all of this wired by the time my osteoperosis kicks in.
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by FBM » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:19 am
maiforpeace wrote:That's fucking amazing! Hopefully they will have all of this wired by the time my osteoperosis kicks in.
I'm hoping they'll have tissue culturing from one's own stem cells perfected. I plan to be a living version of the
Ship of Theseus. 
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by JimC » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:39 am
We can all be pirates, with wooden legs!
Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh...!
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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by FBM » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:49 am
JimC wrote:We can all be pirates, with wooden legs!
Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh...!
Jim? Are you OK? Looks like you just had a heart attack. Jim? JIM???? Speak to me!!!!
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by maiforpeace » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:56 am
notFBM wrote:JimC wrote:We can all be pirates, with wooden legs!
Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh...!
Jim? Are you OK? Looks like you just had a heart attack. Jim? JIM???? Speak to me!!!!
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Awww!!!
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by Pappa » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:01 pm
Hehehehehehe..... hehehehe.... you said bone....
Hehehehehhe hehe hehehe.... hehehehehehe... you said wood...
Hehehehehehe hehe hehe hehe.
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by Thinking Aloud » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:06 pm
Pappa wrote:Hehehehehehe..... hehehehe.... you said bone....
Hehehehehhe hehe hehehe.... hehehehehehe... you said wood...
Hehehehehehe hehe hehe hehe.
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