Anthony Atala and colleagues at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are busy making replacement parts. Their study “Tissue-engineered autologous vaginal organs in patients: a pilot cohort study” in The Lancet, published this year, tells of the distaff part of the story. A report in The Guardian tells of their efforts to build masculinature: “The lab-grown penis: approaching […]
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Skeletons Not For Halloween: Another Example
Our annual reminder that not all skeletons are suitable for use as Halloween costumes: “Penises as variable-volume hydrostatic skeletons,” Diane A. Kelly, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1101, 2007: 453-463. This year, a related reminder about joking on Halloween: “Joking in the face of death: A terror management approach to humor production,” Christopher R. […]
A fork in the rod [medical case report]
Some persons use a fork to eat dinner. At least one person found an alternate use for the implement: “Urethral Foreign Body,” Krishanth Naidu, Amanda Chung, and Maurice Mulcahy, International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2013. The authors, at the Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia, report: “Lower urinary tract foreign body insertions have a low incidence. […]
Ticks on dicks (1)
Ticks are a nuisance when they invade the human body. They prefer the damp and dark areas, like arm pits and groins. Dr. Franz Gáspár, from Budapest, Hungary, added an interesting case to the medical record. A 52-year old male complained about a swelling on his penis that grew from the size of a pinhead […]