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Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by jcims on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:24AM (#24844725)
Until we start growing little parts of humans - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41580-020-0259-3

I mean, little parts at first...then whole organs, then whole systems, then everything but the brain, etc etc.

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Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by DoreenMichele on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:31AM (#24844750)
I've never seen it, but I have heard that is basically the plot for the movie The Island: What happens when we get to the logical end point and it turns out you need to grow a whole person for things to work right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)

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