Comments on: Replacement ear grown on an arm http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Syndaryl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1546062 Syndaryl Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1546062  You'd be an internet star in 30 seconds flat?  You’d be an internet star in 30 seconds flat?

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545978 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545978 If you had a penis on one hand and a vulva on the other...... If you had a penis on one hand and a vulva on the other……

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545968 Brainspore Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545968 <a href="http://i2.listal.com/image/727364/500full.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another satisfied customer.</a> Another satisfied customer.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545930 awjt Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545930 The Final Front Ear. The Final Front Ear.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545926 awjt Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545926  I was thinking there was already an ass or an elbow there, but hey.  I was thinking there was already an ass or an elbow there, but hey.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545876 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545876 Is that a Mike Tyndall joke? Is that a Mike Tyndall joke?

]]> By: Col McGillveray http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545821 Col McGillveray Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545821 How long have I lived in a drum? How long have I lived in a drum?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545708 Brainspore Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545708 I thought of the mouse too, but it appears that this ear is actually just a bunch of other tissues surgically assembled into the shape of an ear rather than a genuine clone-job. Still very impressive though. I thought of the mouse too, but it appears that this ear is actually just a bunch of other tissues surgically assembled into the shape of an ear rather than a genuine clone-job. Still very impressive though.

]]> By: Syndaryl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545697 Syndaryl Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545697 Absolutely, but there's a lot more to a penis (or a vulva and vagina) than an ear. All that enervated tissue for one, and the spongy erectile tissue isn't cartilage, it's actually some comparatively elaborate stuff. But this is a big step forward for that. I know somewhere in east europe actually already did a "first draft" of growing a replacement penis for a man with cancer under the skin of his flank IIRC. If I recall the article correctly, it wasn't really going to be fully functional, and his wife found the whole growth process very disturbing and moved out before the surgery. He was hoping she'd move back in afterwards. Absolutely, but there’s a lot more to a penis (or a vulva and vagina) than an ear. All that enervated tissue for one, and the spongy erectile tissue isn’t cartilage, it’s actually some comparatively elaborate stuff. But this is a big step forward for that.

I know somewhere in east europe actually already did a “first draft” of growing a replacement penis for a man with cancer under the skin of his flank IIRC. If I recall the article correctly, it wasn’t really going to be fully functional, and his wife found the whole growth process very disturbing and moved out before the surgery. He was hoping she’d move back in afterwards.

]]> By: Syndaryl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545695 Syndaryl Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545695 You have tight skin on your head, so that's awkward. They'd have to stretch it with a subdermal baloon first, and that's painful and long, and doesn't help the bloodflow. Then you'd have this half-formed lump on the side of your face out where you can't put a long sleave over it or conveniently bandage it, for the weeks it takes to fully develop. Which is socially awkward to say the least, and from the looks of things bandaging is necessary. And as mentioned, if you need a <b>new</b> ear, your existing ear-place has a damaged substrate by definition. You have tight skin on your head, so that’s awkward. They’d have to stretch it with a subdermal baloon first, and that’s painful and long, and doesn’t help the bloodflow.

Then you’d have this half-formed lump on the side of your face out where you can’t put a long sleave over it or conveniently bandage it, for the weeks it takes to fully develop. Which is socially awkward to say the least, and from the looks of things bandaging is necessary.

And as mentioned, if you need a new ear, your existing ear-place has a damaged substrate by definition.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545671 RedShirt77 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545671  If you need a new ear, your current ear probably has a partially funtional ear or a whole lot of scar tissue.  If you need a new ear, your current ear probably has a partially funtional ear or a whole lot of scar tissue.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545669 RedShirt77 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545669  The love handle would be better.  Always under a shirt.  etc.  The love handle would be better.  Always under a shirt.  etc.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545667 RedShirt77 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545667  Someone had to make that joke, I am just glad it wasn't me.  Someone had to make that joke, I am just glad it wasn’t me.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545662 Navin_Johnson Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545662 Please grow us a unicorn chaser. Please grow us a unicorn chaser.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545660 theophrastvs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545660 Left ear on a left arm...  i assume they checked twice that it was the left ear missing. Left ear on a left arm…  i assume they checked twice that it was the left ear missing.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545657 theophrastvs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545657  cuz there's already a nose growing there (...thought that would be obvious)  cuz there’s already a nose growing there (…thought that would be obvious)

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545656 theophrastvs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545656 You got an elastic band?! You bleed'n toff!! When we wuz wee kiddies we 'ad our ears stuck on wif roof'n tar and we thought it was @#$'n Christmas day! ..etc You got an elastic band?! You bleed’n toff!! When we wuz wee kiddies we ‘ad our ears stuck on wif roof’n tar and we thought it was @#$’n Christmas day!

..etc

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545638 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545638 Friends, Romans,....oh forget it..... Friends, Romans,….oh forget it…..

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545611 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545611 There are other groups approaching that problem (problems, really, several different points of failure between ye olde sounde waves and the brain); but the ones working on cartilage farming and reconfiguration are probably not the ones you want either attempting to repair the sensory structures in your cochlea or electronically twiddle your nerves to replace its function... There are other groups approaching that problem (problems, really, several different points of failure between ye olde sounde waves and the brain); but the ones working on cartilage farming and reconfiguration are probably not the ones you want either attempting to repair the sensory structures in your cochlea or electronically twiddle your nerves to replace its function…

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545602 howaboutthisdangit Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545602 Talk to the hand? Talk to the hand?

]]> By: Hollow http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545601 Hollow Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545601 It doesn't look very, ah good..  But very kewl.. Now all they need to do is replicate the pieces inside and we might have a cure for deafness? Ya think? It doesn’t look very, ah good..  But very kewl.. Now all they need to do is replicate the pieces inside and we might have a cure for deafness? Ya think?

]]> By: Tadas Jelinek http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545600 Tadas Jelinek Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545600 Mind blown. +lunch blown on my keyboard. Mind blown.

+lunch blown on my keyboard.

]]> By: denimgirl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545598 denimgirl Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545598 Haha!Literally!;) Haha!Literally!;)

]]> By: Kenny Cross http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545594 Kenny Cross Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545594 My immediate first thought was Mr/Mrs Garrison from South Park when he had his new penis grown on a mouse and the mouse ran away. Of course there's always, "Is that a penis growing on your arm or are you just happy to see me?"  My immediate first thought was Mr/Mrs Garrison from South Park when he had his new penis grown on a mouse and the mouse ran away. Of course there’s always, “Is that a penis growing on your arm or are you just happy to see me?” 

]]> By: Glen Able http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545592 Glen Able Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545592 Although in the UK, the NHS just give you a wooden ear with an elastic band. Although in the UK, the NHS just give you a wooden ear with an elastic band.

]]> By: professor http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545580 professor Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545580 Looks like CCR will need to change the song to "Heard it on the Forearm"...  Looks like CCR will need to change the song to “Heard it on the Forearm”… 

]]> By: Rindan http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545572 Rindan Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545572 I would totally put a big ass gauge erring on it.  What is anyone going to do about it?  Call me a freak? I would totally put a big ass gauge erring on it.  What is anyone going to do about it?  Call me a freak?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545569 Brainspore Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545569 TALK TO THE HAND. TALK TO THE HAND.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545568 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545568 Seriously though, grafted penises should be popular both for the transgendered, reconstruction after various forms of reconstruction after accidents and cancer, and general slapstick. Seriously though, grafted penises should be popular both for the transgendered, reconstruction after various forms of reconstruction after accidents and cancer, and general slapstick.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/09/30/replacement-ear-grown-on-an-ar.html#comment-1545567 Preston Sturges Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184308#comment-1545567 Some people would have already had it pierced 3 or 4 times. Some people would have already had it pierced 3 or 4 times.

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