In an interesting new development scientists in America have invented a artificial penis that was used by rabbits with damaged penises to procreate normally. The researchers are now hoping that they will be able to refine the artificial penis to allow it to be used by men suffering from very bad erectile dysfunction caused by accidents or birth defects.

The artificial penises are actually made using regenerative medicine and use a novel way of engineering human tissue using the cells of the rabbits to make the delicate spongy tissue structure that is found in both rabbits and human penises. The scientists have also discovered how to engineer the tissue required for a human bladder and this has been working well in patients.

In the experiments the scientists implanted the artificially grown and engineered penises in the damaged rabbits and after some time the rabbits were able to partake in sexual activity. The blood pressure levels in the penis were monitored and were found to be the same as in undamaged rabbit penises and incredibly the rabbits ejaculated normally and even managed to get their mates pregnant. There were no problems reported with the artificial penises and normal baby rabbits were born from the sexual encounters with the artificial penises.

In some cases of erectile dysfunction where an erection is never even slightly possible the spongy corpora tissue in the penis lacks the required oxygen and thus it starts to form into scar tissue which hinders the chances of erectile function improving in the future. The men who have scar tissue instead of the corpora tissue would really be helped by this new invention.

The process is not simple though and requires expert surgery and has not been fully tested in humans yet.