IA and Stem Cell Research

External Since: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 1

I recall that back in the 1960s or 1970s, Isaac Asimov wrote an essay
in which he described a future in which some sort of cells could be
made to grow into a heart, a liver, or some other organ, "with all
else vestigial".

This sounds like what we know today as stem-cell research, embryonic
or otherwise.

What was the name of this story, where is it anthologized, and did the
author foresee the religious and political controversy surrounding it?

Thanks.

External Since: Jul 30, 2003 Posts: 29

Not so long ago, johnO wrote:
> I recall that back in the 1960s or 1970s, Isaac Asimov wrote an essay
> in which he described a future in which some sort of cells could be
> made to grow into a heart, a liver, or some other organ, "with all
> else vestigial".

Phil Dick used this alot. Called them "artiforgs"

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