This is something I've been fairly interested in my whole life. I like the future whats to come what the world can be, I love seeing new technology that people invent to make the world a better place. I'm curious whether some people on VG Chartz share this interest, so I'm going to post daily top articles of new tech/futurology information. Anyone is welcomed to do the same and discuss the article/image/video whatever it is.
Let's start with a couple.
Lateral view of a stage 15 chick embryo showing the distribution of Sonic Hedgehog protein (purple). Abigail Tucker/ MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology/ Wellcome Images.
As regenerative medicine and stem cell technologies continue to progress, so the list of tissues and organs that can be grown from scratch – and potentially replaced – continues to grow. In the past few years, researchers have used stem cells to grow windpipes, bladders, urethras and vaginas in the lab, and, in some cases, successfully transplanted them into patients.
Others are making progress in growing liver and heart tissue; one team in London is busy growing blood vessels, noses and ears; and some have even managed to grow tiny chunks of brain tissue, the most complex of all the tissues in the human body. Now, researchers in Germany report that they have grown complete spinal cords from embryonic stem cells.
The rest is here, can you imagine if your really rich one day and decide to make replicates of all your organs to put in storage for when you need it, incredible.