Need A New Bladder? They Can Grow It For You

In a sci fi kind of future, which is looking less and less like fiction, and more and more like inevitability, we'll be able to recognize what's going on around us by recalling our favorite TV shows of the last half century. If we remember our Star Trek (any version), we will not be taken aback by asking our wall for dinner, or beaming from place to place, or growing a ready to transplant organ to be used in case of emergency. Yeah, but that's the future, right? Well, the future is now, at least where the bladder is concerned. Via The Speculist, I found an article in The Hindu that blew me away, about engineering human organs in the laboratory. I'm not going to go into the science of it all, but it's seriously cool. If you're interested, follow the link.