Catherine Mohr: Surgery's Past, Present and Robotic Future

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http://www.ted.com Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating -- but not for the squeamish.

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  • I mean, the ...

    I mean, the technology to build a personal supercomputer the size of a pen exists now.. but i dont hear u bitching that it cant be done.

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  • As i said, the fact ...

    As i said, the fact that we can build things that you or I havent seen doesnt detract from the fact that they can be built. In the same, just because u havent seen an entire arm regrown doesnt mean it cant be regrown. The fact is that the technology exists, now.

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    Being subscribed to this TED channel I know enough about genomics to tell you that regenerated limbs do not exist.

    Your inability to show me but a regrown fingertip says enough.

    It simply does not exist right now, which means it's still science fiction.

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  • Do i have to show u ...

    Do i have to show u a fully regenerated limb in order for the science of regeneration to be real? lol i bet u didnt even know such a science existed before i showed u the cbs clip.

    All i said was that the technology exists to regrow an entire limb, and it does. In the same way the technology to make a personal supercomputer the size of a notebook exists. But just because u havent seen one made doesnt mean it cant be made. Understand? The science is real - accept it.

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  • You haven't shown ...

    You haven't shown me a regrown limb yet, so they can't be regrown yet.

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