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12227980 No.12227980 [Reply] [Original]

What is the current limit of the ability to keep a body part alive through science?

The reason I ask is because womb technology won't be able to fit inside an android, meaning that males are automatically more likely to create an apocalypse scenario, and I'm confident enough in my programming and design skills to get a decent human facade going. This makes me the new alpha male for our species, and pretty soon organ cloning will reach the point of being able to create a complete working human phallus. Personally, sex doesn't interest me all that much, but being ready to procreate is a priority since longevity technology tops out at around ~230 years old and memory decline is already known to start sooner.

So, what do we need? Has there been any headway on artificial blood? Which types of animal tissue will be compatible with our cellular metabolism? Are there easy ways to replace damaged tissue or does it require excellent healing abilities to start?

>> No.12229410

Or how about just artificial metabolism in general? Does it require a greater understanding of the cell than we have now?

>> No.12229436

>>12227980
>womb technology won't be able to fit inside an android
Anon. You bink.

>> No.12230873

>>12229436
Hydraulics alone makes any artificial version of an organ larger than the real thing. A placenta is necessarily one of the hardest things to replace because of the sensitive nutrient transfer requirements. There are no shortcuts to replicating life.

>> No.12232224

Now that I think about it this is actually a pretty deranged field of study. There are no good ways to ask the relevant questions, yet it lays at the heart of regenerative medicine. Advancement will be slow regardless.

>> No.12234149

Okay well which organs can we skillfully replace with functioning artificial versions?

>> No.12234189

>>12227980
Fapping to Akari is key to happiness, health, and longevity. It's scientifically proven.

>> No.12234255

>>12230873
What if you truncated all the main arteries and veins going to the heart, bundled them at the termination points (supply and return) and installed a circulator pump?

>> No.12235971
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12235971

>>12234189
Worth having evidence for.

>> No.12237249

>>12229410
Which forms of cellular interaction are least understood?

>> No.12238792

>>12237249
Okay, well, is there any form of cellular anatomy that we do feel we have a solid grasp of?

>> No.12240411

>>12234149
Which organs do we suspect can work independently of a specific set of other organs? Come on /sci/ do you even bother exploring your own bodies? How do you expect to achieve a true singularity without an intimate knowledge of biology?

>> No.12242106

>>12240411
Okay let's start with something simple.

Which organs do we have the highest success rate in healing?

>> No.12242487

>>12242106
Human? The liver, without a doubt.

Non-human? Plenty. That's the difference between wound healing and regeneration.

>> No.12244100

>>12238792
So CRISPR may as well be magic, is what I'm getting out of this. Modern medicine is incapable of healing.

>> No.12246219

>>12230873
Which means there's an endpoint to biomimicry. At some point not even nanites can create a decent synthetic animal.

>> No.12247780

Alright, let's try hard mode.

If we can make a fully synthetic cell, what will it be made of?

>> No.12248197
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>>12227980
>>12229436

What do you mean by fitting a womb in an android? Is there any reason why artificial wombs would have to be attached to a body, rather than anything else?

>> No.12249546

>>12248197
Robots aren't androids, anon. Trying to put a dick on a robot won't make it suddenly fuckable. An android has to maintain a human appearance to qualify, so there's no easy way to do that in the case of a pregnant woman. Despite the tropes, it's an inherently gendered technology as a result. I'm just using it to restore male rights because I can appreciate the challenges involved.

>> No.12251895

>>12232224
There should also probably be a better use for it than this.

>> No.12253382

>>12247780
Will it be able to function next to organic cells? Why or why not?

>> No.12255784

>>12253382
Not even synthetic biology, /sci/?

>> No.12257328

>>12253382
Yes, by definition. If we haven't made it that far then there's no point calling it a cell.

>> No.12259548

>>12229410
>>12247780
Does a synthetic cell have a complete metabolism or is it better off being inert unless reacting?

>> No.12260727

>>12227980
Organoids

>> No.12262459

>>12260727
Excellent. This is going straight to my brain.

>> No.12264024

>>12249546
Why does it need to be an android and look human? Men fuck fleshlights now and they don't look human at all