• Question: Why are the organs in our body so delicate can they not be made stronger?

    Asked by 255furk43 to Chris, Joanne, Kathryn, Kieran, Sarah on 7 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Kathryn Schoenrock

      Kathryn Schoenrock answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      If you had hard organs it would be so hard to turn around and look at your friend! Feel how your stomach and organs move in your belly when you bend to the side and twist etc.

    • Photo: Sarah Guerin

      Sarah Guerin answered on 8 Nov 2017:

      Great question- I have never thought about if we could make organs stronger. I know a lot of research is being done on 3D printing organs for people who need transplants, so there are possibilities that we could make these organs stronger without changing their basic properties- you should become a scientist and find out!

    • Photo: Chris Werner

      Chris Werner answered on 8 Nov 2017:

      Never really thought about that either. Its just the way we evolved. All animals have delicate organs to a degree not just us. You can make your organs stronger in a way that makes them function better and be healthier, such as exercise and vitamins.

      However I’ll talk about our lungs for a second. Even the healthiest people only use up about 70% of their lung capacity, so maybe we could genetically engineer ourselves to use our full capacity, like living at higher altitudes for example. Who knows what we could achieve?!

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