Transplants

[gpb3aol (imported)]

Worked for me. (the test drive part)

What would be most interesting, is if testicles could be removed and stored somewhere indefinitely. Many chemo patients could benefit from this as they could have their testis put in storage until the chemo is done ravaging their bodies. Would also be the ultimate test drive for the eunuch wanna be.

[FlatBagger (imported)]

Here's a link to some medical experiments done in the distant past. While the article is vague, yes, testicular transplants were attempted.

http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/ ... _human.php

[Alan Waites (imported)]

An interesting story. I suppose the DNA profile between twins would be negliable anyway. But it is nice to hear a sucessful story.

As a further thought, perhaps to get past both the Ethical problem and DNA profile, perhaps only 1 testical from donors could be used. I mean that it would require 2 different males to provide 1 testical each to be transplanted into the donor male.

If nothing else, It would open a whole can of "Who's the Daddy".

[curious_guy (imported)]

Nearly identical twins Tim and Terry Twomey were born in 1947. They were identical except that Tim was born anorchic. This means that, for some developmental reason, his testicles had degenerated and were not present at birth. He was pushed through puberty with testosterone injections, beginning at age 18.

Do you know if Tim ended up taller than Terry?

[Free to be ME (imported)]

I seem to recall a number of years back in a case of identical twins one lost his testes in an accident and they transplanted one of his bothers.

[Phole (imported)]

I remember reading many years ago about a father to son transplant in China. I have also heard of men being born with three testicles. One in particular went by the nickname of the pawn broker. He took this nick from the old pawn broker signs that were of three balls.