worked the march of dimes walkathon two years at work. The second year I was given a tour of the Salk Institute in La Jolla CA. Circa 1995.
They showed me a chicken with 3 wings. They had done it through genetics. I thought it was surgically attached; they said no.
I don’t understand much of the stem cell research or cloning or how it’s done.
I asked why do you need three wings. They said the chicken was normal they just wanted to test that the third wing could be done. They said in the future baby’s born without a limb could be provided the limb even during pregnancy. I thought of the thalidomide babies born in the late 60s and early 70s.
Why hasn’t Buffalo Wild Wings gotten ahold of this technology?.................
My great-grandson has something like polydactyly, he’s never been officially diagnosed. The inside of his left leg and foot overgrow like crazy. The left big toe is almost as big as a grown adult’s foot. The left leg is already about 4 in longer than his normal leg. Sooo, their plan of attack from the beginning has been to kill and retard growth plates as needed and suck out fat anytime they can. The first operation was not a success but it looks like the second operation has been pretty successful but they actually want to amputate his leg and his parents are so confused and anxious.
He’s already four and he deals with it quite well most people don’t even notice it unless he has shorts on or he takes his shoes off. The operations are so hard on him because he has a cast up to his hip and it’s none weight-bearing and then he has to recover from wearing a cast for 6 weeks and normally it dislocates his hip. If this was actually a reality it would sure make it easier for them to make a decision.