Video: The skin gun
posted at 8:47 pm on February 2, 2011 by Allahpundit
Rarely do science vids go viral, but after 100,000 views in just a single day, this one’s on its way. And with good reason: It’s an astounding breakthrough, immediately relevant to soldiers and firefighters (and, no doubt, to plastic surgeons). Gizmodo first blogged about it back in 2008 and scoffed that we’d see it anytime soon given social conservative objections to using stem cells. Turns out that’s not a problem, though. As you’ll see, it’s the victim’s own cells that are used in the “paint,” not embryonic ones. Mind-blowing stuff.
Fair warning for the weak stomachs out there: A gruesome burn injury to a victim’s hand appears briefly in the clip, so if you’re easily queasy, proceed no further.
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Don’t worry. This is too expensive a procedure to be used under ObamaCare.
No point in advancing medical care if everyone on the planet can’t get it for free, well, free for them. We still pay the taxes for it.
Neo on February 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic, this new medical device fits the bill.
RJL on February 3, 2011 at 4:29 PM
I’m blind in one eye and limited in the otehr. I too hope for a cure that uses my own stem cells someday.
Yakko77 on February 4, 2011 at 8:26 AM
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