<story><title>How bioelectricity could regrow limbs and organs</title><url>https://news.uchicago.edu/how-bioelectricity-could-regrow-limbs-and-organs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>keyle</author><text>This implies that your brain could handle 4 arms. Chances are they would just be dead limbs.</text></item><item><author>aussieguy1234</author><text>So, in other words, if this technology pans out, this could be possible &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mortalkombat.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Goro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mortalkombat.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Goro&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>progne</author><text>This technology doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to be limited to existing limbs and organs. After replacing a missing arm you could add a third arm. A man could grow a uterus since he has the X chromosomes and with a transplant that includes Y chromosomes, a woman could grow testes. Parthenogenesis could become a choice. Another head seems possible. The limits are more likely to come from regulation than a reluctance of people to transform themselves.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>grishka</author><text>Biological systems have an incredible plasticity. That same Michael Levin once used his discoveries to make a tadpole with an eye somewhere near the gut. The eye formed correctly and grew a nerve that connected to the spinal cord. The tadpole was able to see out of that eye. It&amp;#x27;s definitely a non-stock configuration yet it worked. I&amp;#x27;m sure it&amp;#x27;s much more complicated than having 4 arms.</text></comment>
<story><title>How bioelectricity could regrow limbs and organs</title><url>https://news.uchicago.edu/how-bioelectricity-could-regrow-limbs-and-organs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>keyle</author><text>This implies that your brain could handle 4 arms. Chances are they would just be dead limbs.</text></item><item><author>aussieguy1234</author><text>So, in other words, if this technology pans out, this could be possible &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mortalkombat.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Goro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mortalkombat.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Goro&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>progne</author><text>This technology doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to be limited to existing limbs and organs. After replacing a missing arm you could add a third arm. A man could grow a uterus since he has the X chromosomes and with a transplant that includes Y chromosomes, a woman could grow testes. Parthenogenesis could become a choice. Another head seems possible. The limits are more likely to come from regulation than a reluctance of people to transform themselves.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Root_Denied</author><text>The problem isn&amp;#x27;t (just) the brain power, the shoulder joint is also a necessary component of the full range of motion and degrees of freedom your arm has. You can&amp;#x27;t just slot a ball and socket somewhere into the side of your ribs (and all the supporting musculature) and have it work the same way.</text></comment>