Summary
Mary Roach's book, "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy," explores the history and advances in body part replacement, including prosthetics and recent technologies like gene editing and 3D printing. The book discusses how these innovations might make human anatomy more "replaceable" and how reduced research funding could impact future medical innovation.
Key Facts
- The book "Replaceable You" is written by science author Mary Roach.
- It covers the history and advancements in replacing body parts, including ancient prosthetics.
- New technologies like gene editing and 3D printing are making body parts more replaceable.
- 3D printing was used to create a small heart chamber at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Roach highlights that reduced funding for medical research could slow future discoveries.
- The book includes examples like a woman seeking a prosthetic foot and the use of pigs in organ transplant research.
