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"Ethics" is simply a last-gasp attempt by deist conservatives and
orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
new technologies.
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history,
it is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.
On the contrary, let us embrace Science and the new technologies
unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the
myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease,
death and the sweat of labour.
Rael
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
3D Printing New Body Parts
A quick look at the future of regenerative medicine.
Activist Post
Ultimaker is a Dutch company producing affordable, open source 3D printers. They have close ties to local hackerspaces and eagerly promote collaboration and innovative, open uses of their product. Recently, they shared a story of a Dutch medical researcher, Ernst Jan Bos, who is using the Ultimaker 3D printer to create "scaffolding" upon which new human body parts may one day be grown. Using adult stem cells taken from a patients, new body parts can be grown and then grafted onto the patient.
Ernst Jan Bos (in Dutch) is experimenting with ears, with burn patients in particular in mind. In the video below, he can be seen explaining the process (in Dutch), which includes taking a 3D scan of an existing body part, transferring it to the Ultimaker for printing, then using it as the basis for creating molds for growing the ear.
Video: Dr. Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine explains the groundbreaking work he has been involved with over the years. The promise of regenerative medicine will have profound implications, transforming beyond recognition our modern perception of healthcare. A longer talk can be watched here.
The limitations to the pace of progress placed upon Wake Forest are many fold. Skilled technicians, doctors, and researchers are scarce, so is funding and the necessary, specialized equipment needed to explore and clinically implement regenerative medicine. This is why Ernst Jan Bos' proposal is important - the augmenting of large institutions like Wake Forest, with a more widely distributed network of researchers drawing from an increasingly expanding "maker" community.
Not only will more people receive the opportunity to get involved directly in medical research, but the multidisciplinary nature of hackerspaces and the maker community may yield solutions larger institutions may not have the time or manpower to consider and explore.
As progress is made, and the work of large institutions is increasingly augmented by decentralized interdisciplinary working groups, we can imagine a future where community labs partaking in the DIYbio movement might someday give way to community regenerative medicine and gene therapy clinics - not merely diagnosing and treating illness and injury, but curing illness and even replacing damaged or worn-out body parts.
Of course revolutions like this are only possible with an active, engaged, organized, and educated population - not just the raising of capital for research, spaces, and equipment, but the raising of human capital necessary to carry out research and implement breakthroughs in a pragmatic and meaningful way.
RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE:
5 Key Ways That 3D Printers Could Improve the World
Activist Post
Ultimaker is a Dutch company producing affordable, open source 3D printers. They have close ties to local hackerspaces and eagerly promote collaboration and innovative, open uses of their product. Recently, they shared a story of a Dutch medical researcher, Ernst Jan Bos, who is using the Ultimaker 3D printer to create "scaffolding" upon which new human body parts may one day be grown. Using adult stem cells taken from a patients, new body parts can be grown and then grafted onto the patient.
Ernst Jan Bos (in Dutch) is experimenting with ears, with burn patients in particular in mind. In the video below, he can be seen explaining the process (in Dutch), which includes taking a 3D scan of an existing body part, transferring it to the Ultimaker for printing, then using it as the basis for creating molds for growing the ear.
Video: Dr. Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine explains the groundbreaking work he has been involved with over the years. The promise of regenerative medicine will have profound implications, transforming beyond recognition our modern perception of healthcare. A longer talk can be watched here.
The limitations to the pace of progress placed upon Wake Forest are many fold. Skilled technicians, doctors, and researchers are scarce, so is funding and the necessary, specialized equipment needed to explore and clinically implement regenerative medicine. This is why Ernst Jan Bos' proposal is important - the augmenting of large institutions like Wake Forest, with a more widely distributed network of researchers drawing from an increasingly expanding "maker" community.
Not only will more people receive the opportunity to get involved directly in medical research, but the multidisciplinary nature of hackerspaces and the maker community may yield solutions larger institutions may not have the time or manpower to consider and explore.
As progress is made, and the work of large institutions is increasingly augmented by decentralized interdisciplinary working groups, we can imagine a future where community labs partaking in the DIYbio movement might someday give way to community regenerative medicine and gene therapy clinics - not merely diagnosing and treating illness and injury, but curing illness and even replacing damaged or worn-out body parts.
Of course revolutions like this are only possible with an active, engaged, organized, and educated population - not just the raising of capital for research, spaces, and equipment, but the raising of human capital necessary to carry out research and implement breakthroughs in a pragmatic and meaningful way.
RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE:
5 Key Ways That 3D Printers Could Improve the World
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them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence
of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its
full capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not
mean that I agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL"
means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to
know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is
completely stupid and against our philosophy. When I selected articles
in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying
for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader was stupid enough to believe
that I was supporting praying to change the weather. So, when I select
articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, racist,
revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or religion, or any
other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It just
means that it is important for all human beings to know about them.
Common sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good
enough to understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug
decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment,
which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs,
as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and
sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal
record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which
says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes.
The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute.
That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
anti-Semites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your
enemies or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight
them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence
of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
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"Ethics" is simply a last-gasp attempt by deist conservatives and
orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
new technologies.
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history,
it is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.
On the contrary, let us embrace Science and the new technologies
unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the
myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease,
death and the sweat of labour.
Rael
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