LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the United States have come up with news that may help millions of men -- they have succeeded in growing major parts of penises in the laboratory.

The test tube penile parts were successfully used to rebuild the members of rabbits who -- after rest and recuperation -- put them to the use that rabbits are famous for.

"They were able to copulate, penetrate and produce sperm," Anthony Atala, whose team at Harvard Medical School carried out the experiments, told New Scientist magazine.

He said the researchers were now trying to grow entire penises in the test tube.

But he also said the technique was at an early stage and that it would be a while before the technique was tried with human tissue.

The scientists had only been successful in growing the erectile tissues of rabbit penises -- not the entire organ -- and in all cases the erect member had the reduced firmness of a 60-year-old against that of a more virile 30-year-old.

Am i the only one who really dislikes the word 'penis' esp used as plural?
"penises"


EW!
[This message was edited Thu Sep 12 8:19:40 PDT 2002 by gooeythehamster]

It's amazing what they can do now, eh? When my brother had to get his eye removed due to an awful car accident the doctors were telling him how they may be able to grow him a new one in a test tube.

good maybe they can grow me a bigger one

Hopefully they'll experiment with testicles...then maybe the guys around here could get some balls.

Nep2nes said:

Or... you could see about having some sewn on... if you wanted to, that is...

:LOL:

Nep2nes said:

I can see the ads now:


"Doc's Cocks 2 Go"

"2 Late 4 The Bar? Try Cock In A Jar"

or (last one, I promise!)


"6 pack abs?
6 inch dick?
6 pak of cock..various sizes :p

Buy them while they're hard!"

gooeythehamster said:

lol, what would you rather we used, goo? Pee-pee? Wee-wee? Willie? Ding dong? Take yer pick!

Well thank God! Have you ever seen one of those "penises" the doctors try to construct from skin grafts for women getting a sex change? They can be quite odd. Aint nothing like the real thing baby!

Speaking of a "penis in a jar",did you guys ever see the 1974 Pam Grier movie 'Foxy Brown'? You MUST see the final scene!

DavidEye said:

ouch! yeah, I remember that! dude deserved it!

soulpower said:

NO DUDE deserves that...lol...

Now I've heard everything
first, the four-assed monkey
now, they can grow 'firemen' in a jar.

June7 said:

comin soon 2 a 3 a.m. infomercial near u...well, either that or if you're here in mpls, you'll see 'em at sexworld or wherever.


[This message was edited Sat Sep 14 13:05:27 PDT 2002 by PlastikLuvAffair]

gooeythehamster said:

I took a class called "Variations in Human Sexuality" when I was in college, and our instructor told us that the plural form was "penes." My dictionary says either one is okay.