How to Grow a New Body

If you haven't noticed, I'm kind of a big fan of medical technology (I can't wait until they implant a chip in my brain that makes me instantly know Chinese).  Anyway, humans in most developed countries tend to die from cancer or heart disease.  We've pretty much eliminated most other significant killers out there, but your body was not made to last forever - even if you never get sick - so eventually, organs wear out and break down...UNTIL NOW!

That's right, Harvard Bioscience has successfully grown rat lungs in a bioreactor (that means, the lungs grew in an artificial environment), and then transplanted said lungs into several rats.  Okay, the technology may not be ready for human testing - the rats died within 6 hours - but I think this shows feasability in the idea, and I can imagine that research will continue.  Pretty cool stuff if you asked me, but I don't want science to stop there...

If I start getting old and "wearing out", I want them to go ahead and transport what memories and cognitive ability I have left into a completely new body.  Harvest me all new organs, slap some skin on me, do a little reconstructive surgery to make sure I look right, and send me out for round two.  My mom used to read me "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Suess as a kid...not anymore, Doctor Geisel!