Replicator/transporter medicine

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Could it be possible that McCoy's xenopolycythemia was caused by the build-up of transporter re-materialization errors? (His fears confirmed.)

It seems to me that materializology/replicatology/transporter medicine would be a medical specialty worth having. Dealing with transporter-related diseases as well as studying the effects on a body of eating replicated food (similar to how people are studying GMOs).

I could see such a specialist being consulted in numerous cases.

 

[Jedman67]

Could it be possible that McCoy's xenopolycythemia was caused by the build-up of transporter re-materialization errors? (His fears confirmed.)

It seems to me that materializology/replicatology/transporter medicine would be a medical specialty worth having. Dealing with transporter-related diseases as well as studying the effects on a body of eating replicated food (similar to how people are studying GMOs).

I could see such a specialist being consulted in numerous cases.

"Spores"

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Huh?

After all these characters who hate/dislike transporting, I wish there was somebody who couldn't wait to transport and looked for every excuse to do so.

 

[Pauln6]

Could it be possible that McCoy's xenopolycythemia was caused by the build-up of transporter re-materialization errors? (His fears confirmed.)

It seems to me that materializology/replicatology/transporter medicine would be a medical specialty worth having. Dealing with transporter-related diseases as well as studying the effects on a body of eating replicated food (similar to how people are studying GMOs).

I could see such a specialist being consulted in numerous cases.

Well we know from Enemy Within that the transporter can accidentally switch genes on and off so it's not impossible that it could create a vulnerability to disease, although you would think that genetic abnormalities would show up on a medical exam in time to treat.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

While polycythemia is too much red blood cells, the prefix "xeno" means a different origin. So it's polycythemia that comes from an unknown or atypical cause. So traditional treatments don't work, and perhaps traditional tests don't detect it, for whatever reason.

@Unicron do you think this post might be better off in general trek?