Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Scientists use pig bladders, salamanders to regrow fingers

It is being sugessted that an ectract powder from pigs bladders can be used to regrow finger tips. There is some speculation and no one is expecting to be able to grow entire fingers. The merely are hoping to be able to grow hust a little bit in order to give people that extra inch which could make life much easier. There is on claim of a man who lost the tip of his finger to a propeller of a model plane. The surgeons suggested a skin graph, but he decided to try the powder. He claims that the tip of his finger has grown back and is almost exactly how it was before. Because of these sucess stories, the army is going to try using this powder on burn victims at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. There is now currently undergoing research into the pig bladders as well as salamanders who have the ability to regrow their fingers if the are cut off.

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