Scientists Propose 'Bodyoids' To Address Medical Research and Organ Shortage Challenges (technologyreview.com)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/28/1933234/scientists-propose-bodyoids-to-address-medical-research-and-organ-shortage-challenges
- Source link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/25/1113611/ethically-sourced-spare-human-bodies-could-revolutionize-medicine
The researchers point to persistent shortages of human biological materials as a major bottleneck in medical progress. More than 100,000 patients currently await solid organ transplants in the US alone, while less than 15% of drugs entering clinical trials receive regulatory approval. These lab-grown bodies could potentially generate patient-specific organs that are perfect immunological matches, eliminate the need for lifelong immunosuppression, and provide personalized drug screening models.
[1] https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/25/1113611/ethically-sourced-spare-human-bodies-could-revolutionize-medicine
Re: revolutionary (Score:1)
You win the Internet today, Big Ballz.
Re: revolutionary (Score:1)
thanks!
on the marketing front i think they should be called "fuck stems". stem for stem cells but also to emphasize that there is nothing else there. just a fourth empty hole.
this could revolutionize things. the cure for inceldom is here if we are willing to accept it!
Re: revolutionary (Score:1)
MAGAoids - mash them, boil them, put them in a stew.
Re: (Score:1)
> I am sure Elon Musk would be on board
Musk seems to have an aversion to sex. That could be due to his botched penile implant, but I suspect its because he's so naturally repulsive even he doesn't want to think about himself having sex.
Also, if your first thought when hearing about mindless lumps of lab-grown human tissue is "this would be great for sex", you should seek professional help.
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> Musk seems to have an aversion to sex.
How do you figure? He has 14 known children by 4 women. That doesn't make me think "aversion to sex".
Re: (Score:1)
I had the same question on how anyone believes Elon Musk to have an aversion to sex, he's been seen in the news many times with his child. Maybe people think the child is adopted? Or just appears with Musk at random because some staffers bring children to the Oval Office for Musk to play with on camera?
I recall some news recently where some woman claims to have had a child with Elon Musk as the father. It appears Musk is not denying this and has set up some kind of child support so the mother and child a
Now if scientists could find way to stop dupes (Score:5, Insightful)
Nah. That is apparently impossible.
Re: Now if scientists could find way to stop dupes (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot editors were replaced by brainless clones some time ago.
Hard to do (Score:2)
I guess it's hard to stop dupes when the story is literally about creating them.
Real problem, multiple solutions (Score:2)
First, let me state that more viable organs for transplants will definitely save lives. I speak from experience, as I underwent a kidney transplant about 5 years ago. Their are long waiting lists, and if could give out organs to all that need them, we could probably expand the lists and save cancer patients by cutting deeper.
Second, there are multiple ways to solve this problem. Certain less reputable countries solve it via prisoners. Others solve it via cash payments. But these less reputable solutio
What about pigs? (Score:2)
Ithought we were going to grow hearts on demand using pigs? I've sunk all my wealth in to pigs for this!
Re: (Score:2)
It wouldn't have paid-off anyway. All you did was buy a case of pork rinds.
Well... (Score:3)
Slashdot has perfected "Storyoids" where there are multiple identical stories, so that researchers can use story parts from any of them in any other of them.
Brainless monkeys first (Score:1)
Let's go with brainless monkeys/apes before trying brainless humans.
Why? Mostly to cut down on the screaming by those who will say "brainless people are people" and "you are murdering people."
Would have assumed (Score:2)
that Real Dolls was already working on this problem for... call it an adjacent market.
Re: (Score:2)
There's very little chance for this to become a sex doll. They propose a brainless body. It is still a body, born as a braindead baby. You need 24/7 healthcare monitoring with specialized nurses to have it survive. The daily hospital fee during years makes that nothing other than organ harvesting for use in the same hospital where the bodyoid is grown/bred makes sense as a business model. Of course someone can abuse the body, but that can't be an official business at scale because the service would have to
Yo tengo un dollar in la cabeza. (Score:3)
Mark my words, one day somebody's gonna find the place where they dump all the heads that supposedly never existed.
I've seen this horror movie before (Score:2)
Hopefully this works out better than the chicken meat grown from stem cells in that episode of Eureka...
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Rumors of kidnappings. Missing persons cases closed almost as soon as they're opened. Houses going vacant, and being bulldozed overnight. Everything changed as soon as that new medical research lab opened up.
Goddammit, now I need to write a screenplay this weekend.
Why not... (Score:2)
Just go straight to the Axlotl Tanks? [1]https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/A... [fandom.com] ;-D
[1] https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Axlotl_Tank
Will life imitate art? (Score:2)
[1]I'll just leave this here. [wikipedia.org]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_(2010_film)
The Island (Score:2)
I've seen this movie. It's called [1]The Island [imdb.com] .
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201
Need to develop brain transplants (Score:2)
Just grow a new body every so often, and move your brain over.
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> Just grow a new body every so often, and move your brain over.
But can we clone bodies as quickly as Slashdot clones news articles? I'm having a moment of deja vu right now. Did someone clone my brain and graft it on my body?