Rats Make the Heart Grow Stronger
Well, science is at it again.
Apparently, creating new tickers for severe heart patients is becoming a reality.
The experiments have so far only been performed on rat hearts, but historically that's where it begins; from new rat parts to eventually new human parts. Soon these new techniques will no doubt be applied to humans with great success, saving many lives and making life better for a lot of people.
This is amazing medical news, and just further testament to the power of science and the human drive to stave off mortality.
However, I don't think we should stop striving to be healthier. There's no reason to begin an all Big Mac and cheesecake diet, simply because it looks as though doctors will be able to make new hearts for us when the ones we're born with wear out. I mean, from a practical standpoint, it seems like we could do just that without major consequences. But aesthetically speaking, who wants to look at a bunch tubs of lard cruising around on Rascals for the rest of eternity, or for however long science will keep us alive.
Please, let's continue to be concerned about our health and appearance, if for nothing else than to ensure our libidos have fair rewards, since they, too, are being given new and longer lives. I mean, who really wants to be horny forever if there are nothing but fat people to lust after. That's a practical joke of Luciferian proportions, isn't it?
Still, one can't deny how good these types of advances make us feel. Anytime we push death back just a little bit farther, we breathe a collective sigh of relief. My only hope is that soon scientists will be growing new knees, so I can play my games like I could 20 years ago. Or even better, if they develop working bionics, I'll be able to play my games like I never dreamed I could.
And that whole everlasting libido thing will take on outrageous, Olympic implications.
Fingers crossed.
Apparently, creating new tickers for severe heart patients is becoming a reality.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota were able to create a beating heart using the outer structure of one heart and injecting heart cells from another rat.
The experiments have so far only been performed on rat hearts, but historically that's where it begins; from new rat parts to eventually new human parts. Soon these new techniques will no doubt be applied to humans with great success, saving many lives and making life better for a lot of people.
This is amazing medical news, and just further testament to the power of science and the human drive to stave off mortality.
However, I don't think we should stop striving to be healthier. There's no reason to begin an all Big Mac and cheesecake diet, simply because it looks as though doctors will be able to make new hearts for us when the ones we're born with wear out. I mean, from a practical standpoint, it seems like we could do just that without major consequences. But aesthetically speaking, who wants to look at a bunch tubs of lard cruising around on Rascals for the rest of eternity, or for however long science will keep us alive.
Please, let's continue to be concerned about our health and appearance, if for nothing else than to ensure our libidos have fair rewards, since they, too, are being given new and longer lives. I mean, who really wants to be horny forever if there are nothing but fat people to lust after. That's a practical joke of Luciferian proportions, isn't it?
Still, one can't deny how good these types of advances make us feel. Anytime we push death back just a little bit farther, we breathe a collective sigh of relief. My only hope is that soon scientists will be growing new knees, so I can play my games like I could 20 years ago. Or even better, if they develop working bionics, I'll be able to play my games like I never dreamed I could.
And that whole everlasting libido thing will take on outrageous, Olympic implications.
Fingers crossed.
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