Artificial Penis Research Hops Ahead in Rabbits
Bugs has that look in his eyes.
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Remember the bionic man? Researchers are getting closer toward creating a bionic penis!
Well, bionic may be the wrong word because this is physical rather than mechanical enhancement. Scientists have found that rabbits that were given artificially grown penises are eager to copulate with female bunnies. Wake Forest’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine has used advanced tissue regrowth techniques to create and endow lab rabbits with fully functional replacement penises!
Could we one day see men who suffer from tiny johnsons going to the doctor to have their organ cut off (presumably under heavy sedation) so they can regrow custom-ordered bigger ones? Could we see lesbians growing penises?! Ah man, the future is looking weirder.
By combining one or more tissue types and encouraging the growth of blood vessels, organs can be formed. We’ve already seen tissue engineering, from bone, to brain tissue, to nerves, to vascular tissue, and even muscles. After close to 18 years of failed attempts, researchers finally found resounding success in creating rabbit penises that could become erect — and do what bunnies are famous for doing.
The resulting penises were able to ejaculate and four of 12 rabbits with implants became fathers. Not only that, they were “unusually randy, attempting to procreate much faster than normal male rabbits,” according to Dailytech.com. “Most control rabbits did not attempt copulation of introduction to their female partners. All rabbits with bioengineered neocorpora attempted copulation within one minute of introduction.”
So THAT’S why Bugs Bunny hasn’t done any movies in years!
The research group next plans to start trying to implant regrown human penis tissue.