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- upick, on 02/05/2009, -0/+23With good results I hope. I could do with a new liver (not joking)
- Paulorific, on 02/06/2009, -0/+15Less people die because of organ donation waiting lists? Sold.
- DredPir8Robrts, on 02/07/2009, -0/+10I sure could use me an immortalized liver
- yocouchdigga, on 02/07/2009, -1/+10I hope we can pre-order...
- balibones, on 02/06/2009, -2/+10Just in time! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to finish this bottle of whiskey.
- defwheezer, on 02/07/2009, -1/+8If a "vampire cell" bites an otherwise normal cell, then the normal cell will become immortal.
- supermanly, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7Do we get a free kidney beta key too?
- elliotys, on 02/06/2009, -4/+9Good news. How bout a round of drinks for everyone.
- rodon, on 02/06/2009, -1/+6This is fantastic. Now all I need are some artificial onions and I'm set.
- DredPir8Robrts, on 02/07/2009, -1/+5There can only be one
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4My live donor transplant ran about $300,000 after all was said and done, not sure what a liver transplant would run. My dialysis runs about $300 per day, not including meds, one of which is $3500 a month.
- Ben174, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4Hello - ehhhh - can we have your liver? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclS1pGHp8o
- mrgeekguy, on 02/06/2009, -5/+9I'll drink to that!
- homercles337, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3Me too. Also not joking.
- kylock13, on 02/07/2009, -1/+4Medical technology is amazing, isn't it? As an engineer I really get into this stuff!
- Amadeus2490, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3I'm going to guess about $750,000-$1,000,000 dollars for everything.
How much does a normal organ transplant cost, and does anyone know if your body would reject this artificial liver yet (or is that what the study intends to find out)? - Amadeus2490, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3Gosh!
- superterrorizer, on 02/06/2009, -3/+6Drink as much as you want till it hurts, then swap the old one out. Rinse and repeat.
- anonymousmedic, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3If the damage is severe enough, the liver cannot regenarate at all. It forms scar tissue instead, or fatty necrosis deposits.
This has the potential to save a lot of lives. - brad016, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2Eat The Food!
- freakpuppet, on 02/06/2009, -0/+2How exactly does one 'immortalize' a liver cell?
- inactive, on 02/06/2009, -0/+2This would be great if it works as well as they hope. I hope they find a way to keep the cost sane. I'm on dialysis and the costs are nuts, I can't imagine what mimicking a liver would cost.
- RutgerB, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2Heard you can get a demo at your local hospital
- crispa1970, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2Ha! I see what you did there.
Make mine a scotch & coca cola. - 13letterslong, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2Immortalised means cancerous (from the article "the device's cells initially were derived from a liver tumor") but because they're encased in an external device they can't enter the patient's body. Even if they were to somehow get through the layers of filtering and into the patient, so long as their immune system is halfway functional they'd be attacked mercilessly.
Cancer isn't contagious, the only reason it's able to survive in your body is that it's formed from your own cells, which aren't attacked by the immune system (actually a lot of the time the immune system is able to suppress or destroy tumours before they grow beyond a couple of cells, it's only the ones that escape immune detection that we ever notice) - 6oo63D, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1make it like a cancer cell that defies the normal finite cell divisions from generation to generation
- itsradBrad, on 02/07/2009, -1/+2Noone has even read the freaking article!!! It's a external machine used to preform a few of the functions of a normal liver to buy people extra time while waiting for spontaneous recovery or transplant. Geez!
- Amadeus2490, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1Okay, I understand that this is an ignorant question, but it's still a genuine inquiry:
How the hell does anyone afford that? - anonymousmedic, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1Awesome! Now we have another option on drug overdoses, too. Used to be if you took a bottle of Tylenol and waited more than an hour, you were rightfully *****. Mucomyst only works in the first hour iirc.
- ultimusgt, on 02/07/2009, -1/+2starts pounding.....
even though its not out yet >_< - BlatheringIdiot, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1'You can use parts from a relatives liver or cut out the bad part and have your liver remake itself.'
Yeah, but make sure they are awake and sober when you take a relatives liver or else they get real pissed. Ask how i know... - 6oo63D, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1so far, so good
- BlatheringIdiot, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1Bwahahaha. Too funny.
- Amadeus2490, on 10/26/2009, -0/+1How long can people live with this? I've heard that the Jarvik Artificial Heart only lasts about 6 months.
- CoronaVegas, on 02/07/2009, -1/+1Now, can one of you hackers get me up higher on the list?
- linagee, on 02/07/2009, -1/+1Bottoms up!
- jessestorm, on 02/06/2009, -4/+4alcoholics unite! you now how have a reason to drink even more.
- wmpp, on 02/07/2009, -1/+1Artificial Liver? Sounds delicious.
- InfinitySnatch, on 02/07/2009, -2/+2***** you God, I'm going to live forever!
- Mikidogo, on 02/07/2009, -2/+1"immortalized human liver cells" ... Sounds safe to me.
- acknotSW, on 02/07/2009, -2/+0Very cool, looks like my plans to live to be a thousand are coming along nicely.
- Cheesepuffly, on 02/06/2009, -6/+3Most people should know this but your liver can regenerate.
You can use parts from a relatives liver or cut out the bad part and have your liver remake itself.
So although that is nice, and im sure it will save alot of lives. - orion2013, on 02/06/2009, -4/+1wow we are still so primitive... ugh
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -6/+2A+++ COMMENT WOLD READ AGAIN!!!
- daddar, on 02/06/2009, -8/+3I shall celebrate by drinking this whole fifth of Jager.
- inactive, on 02/05/2009, -10/+2they have done this with cows already, its called vegetarian liver j/k
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