Powdered pig bladder made Lee Spievak's sawed-off finger grow back. Is this the future of medicine?
By Matt Ransford
Posted 05.01.2008 at 12:32 pm
What do starfish, salamanders, and the Hulk have in common? They all have the power of regeneration. Starfish can regenerate their legs; salamanders can do that and a few better by regrowing their tail, and parts of their heart and eyes. The Hulk, well, the Hulk can regenerate it all. We ordinary humans are not so lucky. If we lose something, it's gone for good, unless, that is, we happen to have a brother working in the field of regenerative medicine.
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