Comments for The Transhuman Express

Comment on Fluorescent Cats by thetranshumanexpress

thetranshumanexpress — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:57:32 +0000

Sorry Truth, but this would not “seriously mess up the human genome.” It would only fix the parts of it that made you not glow
Furthermore, whats wrong with having glowing great grandkids? If they don’t want to glow they can just change their own genomes. The true origins of humanity are feces slinging apes, and I for one am eager to put a little distance between us and our origins.

Comment on Fluorescent Cats by Truth

Truth — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:04:32 +0000

Alyssa, sorry, but this is not allowed. This would seriously mess up the human genome. You would have glowing kids and think about what will happen when those kids have kids and their kids have kids. We don’t humanity to loose its true origins right?

Comment on Fluorescent Cats by Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:24:12 +0000

I am very facinated by this experiment and i’m curious as to if you are able to inject this GFP into humans and make them glow. i really want t be able to glow. =] thank you very much.

Comment on Solicitation by GreenLantern

GreenLantern — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:45:03 +0000

I try to avoid prescription nootropics, but I have been taking Piracetam for about 2 months. Overall, I think it has definitely improved my overall mood and cognitive awareness. Give that a shot. It’s on the safest non-toxic nootropics around.

Comment on Modulation of neurogenesis by nootropic agents by thetranshumanexpress

thetranshumanexpress — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:31:58 +0000

Hi Idetrorce, what part exactly do you not agree with?

Comment on Modulation of neurogenesis by nootropic agents by Idetrorce

Idetrorce — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:06:07 +0000

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

Comment on Artificial Red Blood Cells by thetranshumanexpress

thetranshumanexpress — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:52:06 +0000

Whereas I do believe that nanotechnology has a future, I share your skepticism about it being developed and utilized any time soon. It seems to me that genetic engineering would be a better method to employ here. They could engineer more efficient blood cells tailored specifically for the host, so that they would not be attacked out of hand by the immune system.
I’m no biologist, and have not read the article, but I suspect that the main problem would be the immune system attacking the new “nanotech cells”. It seems to me that you would have to replace the white blood cells as well as the red, and possibly quite a bit more.
Assuming you could get these things by the immune system, I think that it would probably be best to supplement the body’s red blood cells, just in case something went horribly wrong. I would be happy just replacing 10% of my cells and holding my breath for about 20 minutes or so.
All in all it’s a great idea with no end of beneficial uses, but it does seem like it might be a long time before we see any thing usable.

Comment on Artificial Red Blood Cells by Phil

Phil — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:50:03 +0000

I think propositions like this are dubious, simply because I’m not at all convinced that mechanosynthesis and molecular assembly are feasible. In terms of the numbers you mention, if you replace all of your normal red blood cells with these things and you can normally hold your breathe for 1 minute, then you could hold your breathe for 236 minutes, which is almost 4 hours.