Growing a Donor Attempt 1

[Friend Maple]

Name and Research Rank: Maple Deputy Director

Subject(s): Captain Adam

 

Targeted Results: A functioning newborn with the same genetic sequence as the host which can be grown to be the perfect organ donor.

Actual Results: A child which was only able to live off of blood from the host patient. Its strange disfigurement made it impossible to grow to size needed for organ donation.

Procedures performed: After making a small incision along the aorta we diverted a small amount of blood from the patient into a per-prepared dish which had a clustering of cells scraped from the patient earlier in the day.  The patients white blood cells initially attacked the first couple of cell clusters, but ended up taking on the fourth try. Leaving this device attached to the patient while injecting the patient with growth hormones allowed for the cells to grow to a scale which they could be severed from their host at a more expedient time with only mild side effects for the host.

Once severed the cells held the representation of a baby, but with no skin or eyes. Mildly disgusted the patient was sent back to their normal duties with their "twin", but Adam never bonded with their brother. Instead, Admiral Ducks picked up the monstrosity to raise. On a tour of the ship with his 'son' he was confronted by many people making strange remarks about the child, but soon, due to Duck's inability to produce blood similar to 'Adam' the child starved to death or was put down by a disgusted ST.

With the sample deceased we were unable to determine if it would be able to produce viable organs for Adam.

 

How could the procedure be improved: The initial thought that patient would bond with the sample has been proven false. Thus in future attempts we will need to raise the sample ourselves in Medbay to ensure its protection and health until it becomes of a scale which can be harvested from.

[mikey!]

Awesome read!