{"id":9179,"date":"2017-04-23T09:12:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=9179"},"modified":"2017-04-20T18:18:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:18:44","slug":"where-do-you-want-your-next-eye-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/04\/23\/where-do-you-want-your-next-eye-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do You Want Your Next Eye Installed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (8 April 2017) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23431201-700-tadpoles-learn-to-see-with-new-eyes-transplanted-on-their-tails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> on a fascinating development in organ replacements &#8211; <em>implantation in not-traditional locations<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BLIND tadpoles have learned to see again \u2013 using eyes implanted in their tails.<\/p>\n<p>With help from a drug usually used to treat migraines, the eyes grew new connections to the tadpoles\u2019 nervous systems. The same approach may work in people, allowing the body to integrate organs grown in the lab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a human had an eye implanted in their back, connected to their spinal cord, would the human be able to see out of that eye? My guess is probably yes,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/faculty\/levin\/\">Michael Levin<\/a> at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How about an <em><strong>EMT<\/strong><\/em> with an extra eye in his finger so she can explore a wound more thoroughly? Even more so for docs. And then the exotic location community would probably pop into being. I&#8217;ll not explore that sordid thought.<\/p>\n<p>And then be disappointed when they discovered these are not heritable traits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewScientist (8 April 2017) reports on a fascinating development in organ replacements &#8211; implantation in not-traditional locations: BLIND tadpoles have learned to see again \u2013 using eyes implanted in their tails. With help from a drug usually used to treat migraines, the eyes grew new connections to the tadpoles\u2019 nervous \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/04\/23\/where-do-you-want-your-next-eye-installed\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9180,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9179\/revisions\/9180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}