Could they not remove diseased lungs from a patient and stick him/her in the freezer while they do the repairs, then re-implant the rejuvinated organ? No risk of rejection so need for immuno-suppressants.

<-- Paris, as she knows how to re-implant a rejuvinated organ

That was weird yet interesting, being able to watch a pair of lungs breath outside of a body.

Really inspiring what those Science types can do these days - how long until we're actually living forever and turning lead into gold?

"There is research to be done on the people who aren't still alive."

This is great; reconditioning organs is such a fantastic idea. I'm glad that

a) there's now a chance that a case of "we found a donor, but their lungs were too shot to use" will be eiliminated

b) I can treat my body like sh*t in good concience because I know that if my lungs are needed after I'm gone, they can be reconditioned.

mines the one with the bong

one step closer to organlegging and the ARM...

"Really inspiring what those Science types can do these days - how long until we're actually living forever and turning lead into gold?"

Turning lead into gold is easy. Well, relatively easy, if you have the right gear, for some value of "the right gear" that includes "linear particle accelerator." Turning lead into gold *economically* is the tricky bit. You can do it if you don't mind doing it a few atoms at a time at tremendous expense (fancy half a trillion dollars a gram for your gold?)

The living forever part can't come soon enough, if you ask me.

... could Futurama be cited as 'prior art'? (we've got lungs in jars, so it can't be too big a step to heads in jars) :-)