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Didn't Robert O Becker also explored this space?
Yeah, AFAIK Becker's "The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life" is pretty much all there was until Michael Levin came along and picked up the torch. IMO it's one of those weird "holes": why so little interest in human tissue regeneration?
There's this HN comment I've always found interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32744294
I think the last time I had paid attention to cellular biology was high school and this really blew me away.
This technology doesn't seem to be limited to existing limbs and organs. After replacing a missing arm you could add a third arm. A man could grow a uterus since he has the X chromosomes and with a transplant that includes Y chromosomes, a woman could grow testes. Parthenogenesis could become a choice. Another head seems possible. The limits are more likely to come from regulation than a reluctance of people to trans…
But it would cost you an arm and a leg. At least initially.
This technology doesn't seem to be limited to existing limbs and organs. After replacing a missing arm you could add a third arm. A man could grow a uterus since he has the X chromosomes and with a transplant that includes Y chromosomes, a woman could grow testes. Parthenogenesis could become a choice. Another head seems possible. The limits are more likely to come from regulation than a reluctance of people to trans…
Now there's a future society you don't see written about: a standard part of a marriage is the partners exchange immune-compatibilized gonads with their genetic material, so if one partner dies the other still retains the ability to grow viable off-spring from the pairing.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Now there's a future society you don't see written about: a standard part of a marriage is the partners exchange immune-compatibilized gonads with their genetic material, so if one partner dies the other still retains the ability to grow viable off-spring from the pairing.
"Ma'am, I'm here to enforce the terms of the divorce agreement. I need you to take his gonads out of your purse and hand them over."
Which would make this scenario far more cyberpunk.
This technology doesn't seem to be limited to existing limbs and organs. After replacing a missing arm you could add a third arm. A man could grow a uterus since he has the X chromosomes and with a transplant that includes Y chromosomes, a woman could grow testes. Parthenogenesis could become a choice. Another head seems possible. The limits are more likely to come from regulation than a reluctance of people to trans…
So, in other words, if this technology pans out, this could be possible https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Goro
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Now there's a future society you don't see written about: a standard part of a marriage is the partners exchange immune-compatibilized gonads with their genetic material, so if one partner dies the other still retains the ability to grow viable off-spring from the pairing.
"Ma'am, I'm here to enforce the terms of the divorce agreement. I need you to take his gonads out of your purse and hand them over."
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, in other words, if this technology pans out, this could be possible https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Goro
This implies that your brain could handle 4 arms. Chances are they would just be dead limbs.
Is this related to any new research? I’ve been interested in this stuff for a while, but this just looks like a rehashing of previous work.
Edit: it’s from April 27, 2023. I did miss it. Says it on the linked page