Today my dentist told me that it will take 6 months for implants to settle and after that dental crowns (fake teeth) can be made. You see I lost my upper front teeth after a bike ride home got ugly and I woke up in the hospital. To make matters worse - a student doctor had stitched my lip and nose rather pourly. I looked as if I have had a cleft lip as a child. This made me realize how crude our healthcare system still is.
So what has Superman to do with this?
While you hear and read all about stem cells and research in 3D printed organs, in practice it's all rather mundane. Tragic really. I am glad I don't live in the 3rd world for it could have been much worse but from my own research I know that it could also be much much better for the patient but especially for the doctor! Imagine your doctor could not only cure you but heal and regenerate lost limbs. Repair faces after burns without scarring. Regenerate spinal chords! Superman?
I don't quite remember how I stumbled upon it but I hadn't yet read The Body Electric from Robert O. Becker. This awesome book is about regeneration and I urge everyone to read it. It explains how salamanders regenerate not only there paws but also their heart, eyes and even their brain. Some small human trials have been done and wounds and even fingertops have been healed, or I should say, regenerated almost completely scar free in every case. I will write a post how I made a breadboard to implement the "salamander" technology on my scars in the beginning of this year.
Getting there slowly
I'm glad to be also able to mention Jeremy Mao's great work in stem cell research. A 3D printed scafold of bio material and stem-cells have created new teeth in rodents. So where can I order my new teeth?
Unfortunately, eventough I have a great dentist who is not only kind but honest and open, he told me not on his watch. Not that he wouldn't want to see it in action but even if I would wave away all my rights, sign whatever necessary, he couldn't do it and in fact be in big trouble.
Now I don't want to spoil the secret of the regeneration, you should really read the whole book, but I have an idea what could work according to the patent. In fact, as said, I have already made a prototype, tested on myself, but only for regenerating skin tissue, which I will write about later.
The mission
The question is how to do it. You can make a battery out of silver and gold, two materials which are known not to have any adverse effects in the human body. In order not to short the battery and provide the right voltage and current you need a resistor. Even after all the reading and research I'm also still not sure which pole should be in the jaw and which facing outward the body in the direction the teeth will grow.
Should I prepare everything and fake that the implants are causing trouble, putting the "batteries" in? Or is there a research lab where I can sign up to?
Because if I don't do it who will? We all know what happened to Superman...
Update / addendum:
I actually forgot to ask specifically; who knows more about this? Or has connections to experimental medicine?
I have been batteling disease for quite a while now, mostly succesfully, and I will write about all my findings eventually. But I'm not there yet. Like now, something in my imune system is just not killing of everything. There seems to be a latent infection every time I eat something with sugar I sense it. Could be adrenal fatigue or should I try homeopathy...? That's why I need help! I know a lot and I want to help, but I don't know it all - and that's why I'm grateful for inventions like Steemit!
And I want to be the guy above again!