Re:Scientists grow mice embryos in a mechanical womb
by recuter on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:15PM
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You could just bribe yourself unto an organ donors list in some country. This isn't anywhere close to immortality it just conceivably makes the line shorter for some surgeries.
Re:Scientists grow mice embryos in a mechanical womb
by carmen_sandiego on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:21PM
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We’re talking about growing a clone of yourself, so significantly better outcomes than a random donor.
Re:Scientists grow mice embryos in a mechanical womb
by FooBarBizBazz on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:07PM
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> just grow a perfectly normal (i.e. full brain development) human and harvest them anyway. If you're rich through (say) organized crime already, what's the difference when it's your life at stake?
True. If you throw ethics out the window and accept murder, then "immortality" may be possible with today's technology. Probably you run into problems with mutations eventually, but you could throw more bodies at the problem and use a selection process.
You'd think someone would be attempting this in mice.
There are probably people ruthless enough and resourced enough that they might just grow a perfectly normal (i.e. full brain development) human and harvest them anyway. If you're rich through (say) organized crime already, what's the difference when it's your life at stake?
Ostensibly the only issues for those people are lead time (they'd need to plan ahead of critical illness) and sustaining a minor conspiracy (paying off the medical team and surrogate, managing trust, or just cleaning up loose ends).