LIFESCIENCE: re:

[Lubica=Lacinova <Lubica=Lacinova@IPT>]

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ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 99
LIFESCIENCE
Linz, Austria, September 04 - 09
http://www.aec.at/lifescience
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On Wednesday, September 1, 1999 at 4:34:22 pm MEZ,
speer@interport.net (speer) wrote:
>The below would render the gender issue mute.. i can't imagine that a male
>head couldn't be transplanted onto a female and vice versa..  women could be
>transplanted onto a mans "husk" to impregnate a special female friend,, men
>could be transplanted to a womans to carry a baby to term,, if they are
>adverse to artificial wombs..

Well, perhaps you have heard about shortage of vital human organs for 
transplantations. Actually, the research on xenotransplants (another highly 
controversial life science issue) is trying to find replacement in animal 
organs.

So, where do you see the source of healthy, young, preferably twentysomethink 
bodies for transplantations you suggest? Perhaps you will grab pigs, which 
seems to be the best candidates for xenotrasplants? Perhaps it will even be 
symbolically quite appropriate choice.


Luba Lacinova
e-dress  lacinova@ipt.med.tu-muenchen.de
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