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Found this story on AOL News, thought some of you might get a kick out of it.
Research Holds Hope for Genitally Challenged Men
Reuters
Sep 11 2002 2:05PM
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.
09/11/02 14:02 ET
Research Holds Hope for Genitally Challenged Men
Reuters
Sep 11 2002 2:05PM
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.
09/11/02 14:02 ET
