Inside The Human Body (Double hand transplant!)

[Lordbenny]

WTF

[Heathwood]

Very very clever stuff. Didn't do my stomach much good mind

[andyjo1982]

Heathwood said:

Very very clever stuff. Didn't do my stomach much good mind

Me neither, i came over all light headed. Its pretty incredible though, fair play to those docs and scientists, the deserve every penny they earn.

[g4ry13]

I was eating at the time, pretty impressive stuff. What was wrong with his original hands?

[HurryUpAndWait]

g4ry13 said:

I was eating at the time, pretty impressive stuff. What was wrong with his original hands?

Burnt in a car fire. That and an exploding windscreen.

A bold decision to go for the transplant since his own hands weren't useless.

[g4ry13]

HurryUpAndWait said:

g4ry13 said:

I was eating at the time, pretty impressive stuff. What was wrong with his original hands?

Burnt in a car fire. That and an exploding windscreen.

A bold decision to go for the transplant since his own hands weren't useless.

But he could still use them? It must be so weird looking down at a pair of hands which aren't yours.

[Pupp]

...and twittering progress whilst doing the job too! Compelling stuff despite the snot and gore

[Haighermeister]

Was mental, can't believe how well they worked as well.

Really is an amazing age we live in

[Pupp]

g4ry13 said:

But he could still use them? It must be so weird looking down at a pair of hands which aren't yours.

If you don't look and they're numb 'though....

[Haighermeister]

Pupp said:

If you don't look and they're numb 'though....

Feels like someone else right?

[Lordbenny]

He'd make a great burglar, when forensics take fingerprints they'd get blamed on a guy with no hands....probably a dead guy with no hand actually!

[VR6time]

risky to do both at the same time.

[g4ry13]

VR6time said:

risky to do both at the same time.

Yep, I thought the same but they had a pair and maybe couldn't have left the other on ice to see if one hand was working and then do the other.

[North West Tom]

You can get a great view of inside the human body in GG right now.

[Webber3]

g4ry13 said:

But he could still use them? It must be so weird looking down at a pair of hands which aren't yours.

Especially when you're taking a piss and you see another fella's hands on your knob

[Stu R]

Absolutely amazing when you think about the complexities involved. Very brave guy and a truly amazing bunch of medical folk.

I wasn't able to give it my full attention as I was with friends, I'm curious though, it mentioned about how the bone marrow would eventually be replenished with his own and so on. Given how thorough they've been in connecting things like nerves and blood vessels etc - did it give any mention about the tissues etc and how the body would adapt with those in the future?

Now biology isn't something I've studied for a long time, but what's the deal with dead tissue and cells etc? I know he'll be on pills for the rest of his days to surpress his immune system so it's not rejected. Assuming there has to be blood flow through most if not all of the blood vessels for the tissue not to waste away - so if there's blood flow is there cell replacement going on and the like - same question with regards to skin cells and the like. I'm guessing the arms will forever remain a mere 'host' for the nerves and blood vessels, but if cells can't be replaced by the body surely the tissue etc wastes as it's essentially dead then - which I'm guessing makes up a substantial part of the risk of rejection if that's the case?

[Jasandjules]

Ah hell I missed this. Medical science never ceases to amaze me.