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Justplain
29th November 2016, 23:09
3D bio-tissue printing is reaching a high profile research stage. Production line commercial 3d printers are being manufactured for research facilities to use.

Invetech 3D bio-printer is ready for production, promises 'tissue on demand': Say hello to "the world's first production model 3D bio-printer." What you're looking at is a machine capable of arranging human cells and artificial scaffolds into complex three-dimensional structures, which result in such wonderful things as replacement liver and kidney tissue, or such simple niceties as artificially grown teeth.

https://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready-for-production-promises-tissu/

This tech is already being setup for research at mainstream hospitals.

Hospital to get first dedicated 3D tissue-printing facility: You still can't get a 3D-printed liver transplant made from your own cells, but an Australian hospital is trying to push the tech into the mainstream. The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane is building a dedicated "biofabrication" space where doctors and researchers can develop tech to model and print cartilage, bone and other human tissue. "It will be the first time a biomanufacturing institute will be co-located with a high-level hospital," said Australian Minister of Health Cameron Dick.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/28/hospital-to-get-first-dedicated-3d-tissue-printing-facility/

This 3d printing tech could make it feasible for people to live relatively independently, able to produce things needed when needed at lowcost and locally.

Cidersomerset
30th November 2016, 00:29
Very topical ............I did a 3 D medical thread back along sci fy & science co creating again...

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Justplain
30th November 2016, 14:26
Hi Cidersomerset, yes ethical questions arise on the use of this tech. Obviously genetic engineering becomes far more feasible. Once organs can be replicated, then the next step is the development of the whole organism. Cloning, in other words. Eugenics is another term that comes to mind.

Whenever we get to the stage of 3d printing of organisms, we then have to apply animal and human rights statutes to ensure these organisms are treated humanely. No westworld abuses, thankyou. I would also apply the same logic to artificial intelligence, which should not be treated inhumanely.

Cidersomerset
30th November 2016, 15:22
Hi Cidersomerset, yes ethical questions arise on the use of this tech. Obviously genetic
engineering becomes far more feasible. Once organs can be replicated, then the next step is the
development of the whole organism. Cloning, in other words. Eugenics is another term that comes
to mind.

Yeah I agree , replicating organs is a good thing as is understanding genes and preventing disease
and extend life expectancies and possibly life expectancies...

I have been engrossed with Westworld and all the ethical and potential for android and AI life forms.

But as you know there maywell have been black projects into these fields for decades and
that is with out ET or other form of artificial intelligence. I know this is off topic , but is the next
logicical step. But back to the initial thread topic it must be a good thing for many people who
would otherwise suffer or pass over.

Justplain
30th November 2016, 22:39
Yes, Cidersomerset, this tech offers amazing possibilities for the treatment of physical illness. In addition to bodypart replacement, i have heard that current mainstream science is on track to modify the aging process. This involves reversing or retarding the loss of the sheathing at the end of the chromosomes which is degraded each time they replicate, which causes aging. This, combined with stem cell research which shows that the body's repair/maintenance immune system can be vastly improved. This could involve some form of genetic modification, which raises ethical issues.

Ethics is an important consideration, however i wouldnt hold my breath in hoping for moderation from western civilization. So, i would suggest we find the highest moral ground we can in the knowledge that society is likely going to permit some sort of human genetics modification. My position is that it should be permissible for disease cure or prevention. Life elongation and immune systems may be acceptable as well. However all treatments should require extensive testing and public review. Certainly genetic enhancements for commercial performance purposes doesnt sound good to me.

In fact, i think perhaps corporations should be restricted in this area. I am starting to feel that large corporations are not in the best interest of humanity. That and the individual accumulation of large swaths of wealth is also not beneficial. But this discussion is for another thread.

enigma3
1st December 2016, 00:19
Fascinating article. We were told earlier this year that scientists in the US have invented a pen that can "write" on a damaged part, say a knee meniscus, using one's own stem cells and voila, a new meniscus. The advances in medical science are becoming boggling. Now what does DARPA know that they aren't releasing? Put it all together and an older human like me just might make it to 100. We are on the cusp of some very significant developments in longevity.

Ewan
1st December 2016, 20:18
Yes, Cidersomerset, this tech offers amazing possibilities for the treatment of physical illness. In addition to bodypart replacement, i have heard that current mainstream science is on track to modify the aging process. This involves reversing or retarding the loss of the sheathing at the end of the chromosomes which is degraded each time they replicate, which causes aging. This, combined with stem cell research which shows that the body's repair/maintenance immune system can be vastly improved. This could involve some form of genetic modification, which raises ethical issues.

Ethics is an important consideration, however i wouldnt hold my breath in hoping for moderation from western civilization. So, i would suggest we find the highest moral ground we can in the knowledge that society is likely going to permit some sort of human genetics modification. My position is that it should be permissible for disease cure or prevention. Life elongation and immune systems may be acceptable as well. However all treatments should require extensive testing and public review. Certainly genetic enhancements for commercial performance purposes doesnt sound good to me.

In fact, i think perhaps corporations should be restricted in this area. I am starting to feel that large corporations are not in the best interest of humanity. That and the individual accumulation of large swaths of wealth is also not beneficial. But this discussion is for another thread.

Try Joel Balkan's 'The Corporation' if you don't already know it. It will probably lead you to conclude the corporation is an insane entity. Now an ethical corporation would be a good thing, but in a capitalist society they should basically be illegal.