Rollo
9th May 2007, 08:05
A rather interesting question came up at work today that none of us really had any idea about, mainly because it's never been done before and being accountants, it's outside the of realms of our pathetic medical type knowledge.
Suppose for a second that it were possible to do a testicular transplant, ie/ take someone's nads and implant them in someone else. Assuming you could successfully connect up the necessary plumbing (for want of a better word) and rejection wasn't a problem, then who's children would be produced?
If it takes 70 days from raw chemical to the production of a Spermatozoon, so would the testes continue to produce the donor's DNA indefinately? Would they take on the production of the DNA of the recipient? Or would they produce some sort of hybrid?
The reason why this applys to males only, is that there is no direct evidence showing that females produce new eggs after birth. So although if one were actually were to do an Ovarian transplant then it wouldn't matter one bit, since they'd all be of the donor (because the recipient wouldn't have produced any after the time of birth).
Are there any applications for such an answer in the world of fighting cancer?
AND
Do I get a fiver for starting the most bizarre thread ever posted on here? :D
Suppose for a second that it were possible to do a testicular transplant, ie/ take someone's nads and implant them in someone else. Assuming you could successfully connect up the necessary plumbing (for want of a better word) and rejection wasn't a problem, then who's children would be produced?
If it takes 70 days from raw chemical to the production of a Spermatozoon, so would the testes continue to produce the donor's DNA indefinately? Would they take on the production of the DNA of the recipient? Or would they produce some sort of hybrid?
The reason why this applys to males only, is that there is no direct evidence showing that females produce new eggs after birth. So although if one were actually were to do an Ovarian transplant then it wouldn't matter one bit, since they'd all be of the donor (because the recipient wouldn't have produced any after the time of birth).
Are there any applications for such an answer in the world of fighting cancer?
AND
Do I get a fiver for starting the most bizarre thread ever posted on here? :D