Beyond Human Condition

Beyond the Human Condition Mankind. What is the physical aspect of the human race and what hold us back from our greatest potentials? The great female philosopher, Hannah Arendt, wrote a book called The Human Condition, in which she discusses how mankind is seeking to exceed the limits of their confinement. She says, “The future man...seems to be possessed by a rebel-lion against human existence.”1 In todays modern world, we are experimenting with this desire to exceed the human condition. Specifically in the world of medicine. In this paper, I will discuss how humans are able to escape their “human condition” by the regenerative medical advances of prosthetics, wound healing, and organ transplantation. The first area we will look at is
But when the skin is unable to do this we look to wound healing. Wound healing is needed in instances where the natural process of skin and tissue healing is somehow damaged or simply not working. We see this in cases of diabetes. Wound healing, as a normal biological process in the human body, is achieved through four precisely and highly programmed phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. 3 These phases must all occur in order for true healing of the skin to happen. Many factors prohibit the healing process. Such as obesity, diabetes, infection, age, meditation, or nutrition. No matter the cause, the result is irreparable skin. Which is why the technological advance of wound healing is so crucial. In wound healing, tissues are strengthened through stem cells, growth factors, chemokines, cytokines and other molecules. These are all being explored as regenerative medicine products to renew endogenous healing processes in chronic, non-healing wounds.4 While trying to heal skin, it is important to look at the regenerative side of organ and what is involved in trying to heal the inside of the human
All of the regenerative medicine we studied, in one way or another, extend the human life. With prosthetics you are able to walk and use your hand in ways one was unable to before through mechanics. Pacemakers keep the heart pumping prohibition many a heart attack. We looked at wound healing which, due to experimental processes, can heal wounds otherwise irreparable on their own. Lastly we saw organ transplantation, which gave life to those who, in other respects, would not have it, because the failing organ were replaced by healthy ones. All of these ways, extend the human life and enable it to step beyond the natural