Organs etc! Biotech
Doc’s Homestyle Organ Farms
Price/complexity tier one: skin, veins/valves, ear/nose/genitals - 200,000 Ü
Tier two: visceral organs, brain, misc. glands, gonads, finger/toe - 500,000 Ü
Tier three: heart, lung, eye, entire limb - 1,000,000 Ü
Single-organ clones can be grown from a client’s tissue sample in
approximately one month - simple tissue, e.g. a skin graft, will take
much less time to grow. Complicated organs will take about six weeks.
If the organ replacement was necessitated by genetic defects rather than
trauma or infectious disease, add 50% to the cost as a more
highly-trained geneticist will have to oversee the organ’s creation.
Cross-gender gonads (e.g. ovaries grown from a male sample) will also
take longer to create.
A surgeon will be needed to install replacement organs; although there
is no chance of rejection with custom-grown organs, re-connecting the
blood supply requires skill.
...But if you’re going to all that trouble, why not get your custom
organ _customized_?
Spacer Gland - 500,000 Ü
The “off-worlder’s best friend,” approximately the size of an eyeball, secretes calcitonin and an assortment of other hormones calculated to keep the client able to tolerate Earth-normal gravity and pressure. Implanted subcutaneously in your doctor’s office or in a body cavity in an outpatient surgery, it stops loss of bone density and muscle wasting associated with low- or no-gravity environments. Caution: use of Spacer Gland may be against the bylaws of lightworlder league sports.
Babyface Gland - 500,000 Ü
Secretes somatostatin, among others, and keeps the client in its juvenile form perpetually. The client will eventually feel the effects of old age, but will not experience growth and puberty beforehand. May not be legal in some areas; check local laws before ordering.
Cellu-Cecum - 200,000 Ü
This blast from the past will pay for itself as it allows the budget-conscious client to double or triple his digestive efficiency. After expanding the cecum and appendix to a larger one structure resembling an Old World monkey’s, specialized ruminant cultures allow the client to gain nutrition from cellulose – what was previously just indigestible fiber. No nontoxic plant need be wasted, and three people can be fed from one’s rations.
Fleshtank - 2,000,000 Ü
The client who has a frequent need for skin replacement may find it more convenient to “grow his own,” bypassing add-on fees and the time-consuming process of shipping. The Fleshtank is roughly half the size of a bathtub and comes with a manual and quick-start video for its new owner. Skin samples started from a “plug” (core sample acquisition tool included) will grow geometrically in the protein matrix plates (refills available, recipe included), growing a 1 sq. meter tissue in 48-72 hours. The “tank” is structured like a squat chest-of-drawers and can grow five simultaneous skin sections at a time.
Although not the most efficient use of resources, non-human flesh samples can be grown into tissue as well; this may explain R&D’s excellent BLTs. The Fleshtank as it ships can only be used to grow more of the tissue that’s been sampled; clients with greater biological skill may wish to subscribe to user-created Fleshtank modding communities.
Skinvault - 500,000 Ü
Unused skin scraps from the Fleshtank, or skin grown “for a rainy day,” can be stored in the Skinvault using technology similar to a stasis pod. It’s as simple as removing the protein matrix plate from the Fleshtank and sliding it into an empty slot in the Skinvault, where it will keep indefinitely. The Skinvault holds ten plates at a time; we recommend use of the attached labels for organizational purposes.
Skinknitter - 3,500,000 Ü
For the more advanced home hobbyist comes the next dimension in tissue replication: the third dimension! The Skinknitter is constructed similarly to the Fleshtank, except that it only deals with one sample at a time and has multiple pairs of sterile fine manipulators folding the resulting tissue into shape. The Skinknitter assumes a greater degree of biological knowledge from its user, and will be able to create simple organs (visceral organs, glands, skin features) with the appropriate samples and input.
Bloodbucket - 500,000 Ü
Latest from the Fleshtank line of isotransplant growth media is the Bloodbucket, about the size of an apartment’s hot water tank and filled with synthetic bone marrow and a filtration system for past-their-prime erythrocytes. Comes loaded with O-negative marrow, for ease of transfusion, but the client can grow replacement marrow of any blood type in a Fleshtank and replace it easily.
Bloodbucket Solo - 200,000 Ü
About the size of an industrial coffee percolator, the Solo is the ideal Fleshtank-series blood-replacement solution for the individualist or the low-risk colony. Ships with O-negative marrow unless otherwise specified.
Fleshbed - 250,000 Ü
Like a waterbed, but *alive*. Feeds from a nutrient bath incorporated in the base, available in hair, fur, and plain human skin. Add 25% of the cost for an incorporated flesh blanket.
Tidy Bowel - 300,000 Ü
The human intestines rely on symbiotic bacteria to digest food properly – bacteria that can be killed off by antibiotics or run rampant in an otherwise “clean” environment, causing harm to nonhuman species and compromising laboratory conditions. The Tidy Bowel is a duodenum-to-anus replacement that produces its own enzymes that mimic the digestive ability and vitamin synthesis of human normal flora. Clients will note a marked reduction in size and odor of feces, as well as slightly decreased nutritional requirements.
The Tidy Bowel can be combined with the Cellu-Cecum; rather than termite
normal flora, the replacement cecum will digest cellulose through its
own enzymes as well.
PowerBoost! - 600,000 Ü
The PowerBoost! Gland System super-charges the adrenal glands – the power houses of the sympathetic nervous system! – enabling you to give 110% when it counts! Run faster, fight harder, lift a crashed hovercar off your buddy’s legs! BE EXTREME!
Caution: PowerBoost! Gland System is for use by individuals in good cardiovascular health only. Not to be used for extended periods of time. TBT recommends the simultaneous use of a boosted heart. As always, discuss any body modifications with your primary care physician.
Clean Liver - 300,000 Ü
A series of small upgraded tissue “plugs” inserted into the client’s liver, resulting in vastly improved filtration capabilities, especially of alcohol and other ingested poisons. That first hangover-free morning will more than compensate for the increased bar tab that preceded it.
Be sure your physician is aware of boosted liver capacity when prescribing medication.
Blood Nanny - 750,000 Ü
A series of small, *extremely efficient* tissue “plugs” inserted into the client’s liver, each designed to counter one popular drug of abuse – or ask about our poly-drug combos! Depending on method of ingestion, a brief (8-10 second) “high” may still be felt while blood circulates through the liver.
Heart Helper - 1,000,000 Ü
For those times when the primary heart just can’t cut it, whether due to injury, illness or enemy fire. The Heart Helper is a small, auxiliary pump installed in one of several shielded locations in the chest or abdomen. When it senses inadequate pulsatile blood flow, it kicks in and maintains circulation between the lungs, brain and primary organs. Don’t expect to get back into the game, but don’t get counted out for good.
Hired Muscle - 500,000 Ü
Enough of those boring, repetitious exercises – bulk up the modern way with vatgrown muscle, seamlessly grafted to your limbs!
Skeletal muscles only; will not increase cardiovascular fitness. Excessive exertion may cause catastrophic muscle tearing.
Myo-Muscle - 500,000 Ü
A specialty variety of grafted muscle tissue, Myo-Muscle uses aquatic mammal gene samples to store oxygen in muscle tissue, resulting in expanded breath-holding and aerobic exercise capabilities. Please note that overall life-support is not decreased – the oxygen must originally come from somewhere, after all – only functional periods with reduced or no oxygen are extended.
Bonecruncher Jaw Implant - 200,000 Ü
Combination reinforced jaw/skull/teeth and elastin-woven jaw muscles put the bite back in the human jaw.
We advise having a vat-grown replacement tongue on hand during the adjustment phase of this implant.
Bone Anchors - 150,000 Ü
For the cautious strongman and the heavy lifter. Bone anchors grow carefully-designed spurs to which muscles, either grafted or grown, can be safely attached. Exaggerated bony protrusions may not be aesthetically pleasing, but the client’s bicep won’t snap back while he’s lifting a piano.
Kidney Koncentrator - 250,000 Ü
Elongated loops of Henle result in increased ability to concentrate urine – excellent for drylanders, anyone anticipating water scarcity, or anyone who just doesn’t have time to use the bathroom very often.
Kidney Koncentrator II - Ultra Urine Suite - 350,000 Ü
A special reuptake-enabled urinary bladder is included with this system, as well as reworked, filter-enabled urethra and ureters to reduce infection and external contamination. A must for the professional female.
Horns/Fangs - 100,000 Ü
Of *course* you can get horns or fangs, or both, for that post-human intimidation factor. Butting horns, with the required reinforced skull, will be more expensive than strictly decorative ones.
Manmilk - 150,000 Ü
Although both sexes of human have mammaries, outside of a short period in a female’s life they’re not particularly useful. By combining a limited-range galactogogue and specialty goblet cells, milk ducts can be put to work producing the client’s choice of liquid – standard human or other animal’s milk, any of a long list of venoms, or organic fluids from which can be isolated drugs, hormones or silk-like polymers.
Lungfilter - 250,000 Ü
An extra ciliated, genetically-stable thick membrane lining the mid- to upper-respiratory tract, the Lungfilter allows the client to breath harsh or polluted oxygen-bearing gases, with little to no damage to the lungs.
Lung damage from smoking is also reduced to negligible.
Loyalty Growth - 50,000 Ü
In order to ensure low worker turnover, the Loyalty Growth gland secretes a small amount of mild neurotoxin when the colonist has gone a week without ingesting the appropriate biosignal extract – a harmless, tasteless substance the client can easily add to colony stores.
The default neurotoxin emulates moderate Parkinsonian symptoms, although more severe options are available for penal colonies or colonies with stricter contracts. Biosignals are randomized for each client colony. It is up to each client to decide whether to inform his colonists of the gland’s presence.
Smarteries - 200,000 Ü
A series of artery and arteriole muscle grafts with feedback sensing that allows them to automatically clamp when pressure is lost due to trauma, preventing excessive blood loss. Subjected to g-forces the Smarteries of the legs and abdomen constrict, preventing blood from pooling in the lower body and causing the client to black out.
Super-Spleen - 400,000 Ü
A replacement spleen with additional leukocyte production capabilities for a stronger immune system, with a protective membrane and fluid cushioning to prevent traumatic rupture.
‘Roo Pockets - 20,000 Ü
Never lose your transmitter, pen or handkerchief again! In any sufficiently-large deposit of flesh, a pocket can be formed from grafted skin. Unlike our competitors, we use a specially-designed skin coated with fine velar hair that is less prone to become sweaty and moist.
BloodPlug - 200,000 Ü
Lazy bones? Add the BloodPlug improved marrow to your long bones and get them making our proprietary enhanced erythrocytes, complete with optimized hemoglobin for twice the oxygen transport capacity – work longer, play harder!