Will Joe Swanson be able to walk again?

Isn't he out of the chair already? I thought they were all clone bodies now?

>>150376961
He keeps being crippled and being able to walk all the time

>>150376961
something something the gene-x rejects the transplant

>>150376961
there are some nutters who do wanna be crippled for some ungodly reason.

>>150378057
They think it makes them special. It’s like those people who force their kids to stay deaf rather than get them cochlear implants

>>150378083
I hope those kids make their own choice once they're adults

>>150378083
>>150378057
It's an identity politics thing. Some of these people have gone all-in on activism related to accomodation and forming a "disabled identity" and if a 'fix' came out and it was actually affordable to the masses, then that "invalidates" the identity they made even if it helps a ton of people get jobs they might have wanted but would have otherwise been unable to work regardless of accommodation.
Funniest part is it's usually the ones least impacted by the disability who go hardest on this. Like 9/10 times the "autism self advocacy" is some guy or girl with a full-time job, spouse, and kids who was diagnosed in college making it their mission to speak for literally everyone else on the spectrum.

>>150376961
But is this breakthrough in OP's pic real or just a sensationalized headline?
"Restored function" is so vague it can mean anything. If it had said restored full mobility then that would be more inline what what is being implied. I imagine the rehab after having paralysis cured must be horrifically painful and difficult, but worth it.

>>150376961
>the breakthroughs

no

this story relates to one spinal cord which has (apparently) been lab grown from the patient's own cells - they haven't given the patient a pill which repairs the damage through spooky magic shit

so that means it's subject to the usual transplant problems (rejection - even though it's his own cells in theory, his body may still reject it - is the biggest; he may have to take medication which destroys his immune system for the rest of his life); then it's surgical risk - given his ENTIRE SPINE has to be surgically altered (or at least the section that's being replaced), that means a long, long time on the operating table and a long, slow recovery, with risks of bleed-outs, adverse reaction to medications employed in surgery, multiple organ failure (since they're slicing into a major chunk of his autonomous nervous system it's impossible to fully know what'll happen), and just plain accident/incompetence in theater while slicing out his back and going through multiple small fiddly bones to remove the old material and make room for the new, then insert the new material; then there's the possibility that the surgery works but the new graft does nothing or causes new/additional problems; then there's life expectancy (typically, because of multiple factors, transplant patients don't live as long as their non-transplanted healthy peers)

the image you've used to illustrate this was wrong two months ago when it started doing the rounds on slopbook, and it's wrong now - the operation may have gone ahead (it hadn't when this image was published) but the outcome won't really be known for a decade

it may be that lab grown organ material is simply worse than waiting for a donor, or that in the case of spinal material too much additional damage is caused, so you can't say when this will be used (and in America, where he lives, it will rarely be used- it will cost $$$ and so few people will receive that it no surgeon will be good at doing it)

>>150378958
oh yeah I mean even if it turns out that it works, "restored function" could just be "he can wiggle his toes again and feel when he's pissed himself", it's not "here's a gruelling 26-hour elective operation with an 80% surgical mortality rate but when you've gone through all that you'll be dancing with the stars", even if it let him walk again he'd need to rebuild his muscle mass alongside his motor control

it's years if not decades of work to still not be able to do what most people can do, or not do it very well, there's no "you'll be leading a super-team in no time!"

>>150376961
didn't his paralysis had to do with his powers? I remember he miraculously can walk every time he loses his powers, like when he goes into the savage lands, etc.

this transplant was performed in israel

israeli would never let professor x walk again after what he did

>>150377059
My favorite Archer joke.

>>150378958
I mean, if it's going from "no function" to "just a tiny bit of function" that's still pretty damn significant.

>>150376967
No.
They did that already.
Kind of funny that his whole schtick is cripple jokes, but the whole cast desperately needed him to be crippled to keep up with him even slightly.

>>150376961
I hate earthly immortality its going to be just like the first chinese emperor with everything being bent so some rich assholes can live longer. Poor pepo aint gonna have that.
Imagine being ruled by boomers. Forever. Just die bitch everyone for billions of years had to do that and so should you. Death is what the rich man and the poor man have in common.

>>150378057
There's a guy who got his leg infected with gangrene just so it could be amputated and he could partially live out his quad amputee fantasies. Some scary times.

>>150379348
that’s an anecdote you can find any manner of retardation if you look hard enough

>>150379115
Highest quality post

>>150378057
>He doesn't want to be chromed out.
Don't expect me to carry you once I ascend fleshbag.

>>150379850
You're gonna get cyberpsychosis in the middle of a Circle K and die by repeated slamming your head into the hotdog roller.

I wonder if there is any superhero that dabbles in genetic mods and cybernetics while already having superpowers like imagine Superman decided to replace his regular eyes with cybernetic eyes that amplify his heat vision as well as modifying his genes to be immune to kryptonite.

>>150378761
No one with any power is stopping the cure of HIV on behalf of "identity".

>>150377059
Twisted ToyFare Theater ran with this joke so many times.