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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com

“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation. But will these “bodyoids” ever be ethically acceptable?

mar 28, 2025, 12:41 pm • 9 1

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JimfromNY @dissentinator.bsky.social

“What if the organs came from rapists or criminals or traitors who were executed?”

mar 28, 2025, 1:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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"Chris" "Caple" 🇨🇦🥌🦫🎸🎶 @chriscaple.bsky.social

Wait - a "bodyoid" is just a regular human but grown from an embryo created using stem cells instead of via the regular route?

mar 28, 2025, 1:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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fangzto.bsky.social @fangzto.bsky.social

mar 28, 2025, 1:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Hater, PhD @phdhater.bsky.social

"my sister's keeper", except even more dystopian?

mar 29, 2025, 12:45 am • 0 0 • view
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Rob Townsend @robtownsend.bsky.social

Spare organs might, but those torso's in your post are just... creepy.

mar 28, 2025, 12:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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JimfromNY @dissentinator.bsky.social

“Don’t you call my Uncle Bob creepy! He made the ultimate sacrifice for science!”

mar 28, 2025, 1:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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fangzto.bsky.social @fangzto.bsky.social

Ah, so Bob’s your uncle.

mar 28, 2025, 1:21 pm • 3 0 • view
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JimfromNY @dissentinator.bsky.social

I do actually have an Uncle Bob, though!

mar 28, 2025, 1:26 pm • 2 0 • view