Cells from a Pigs Bladder Help Man Regrow Finger

[dj03]

BBC

Rarely though would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall's hobby shop.
That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be.
"I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model airplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off."

It took the end right off, down to the bone, about half an inch.
"We don't know where the piece went."
The photos of his severed finger tip are pretty graphic. You can understand why doctors said he'd lost it for good. Today though, you wouldn't know it. Mr Spievak, who is 69 years old, shows off his finger, and it's all there, tissue, nerves, nail, skin, even his finger print.

There is a video at the link as well, this is truly remarkable. I seem to recall seeing a show on immortality on The Nature of Things a few years ago and they touched on stuff like this.

 

[dj03]

I think this is The Nature of Things episode that covered this, unfortunately, it is just a trailer and some text but if you ever get a chance to watch it you will be stunned at just how close some of this stuff is.

The Nature of Things

 

[karrie]

Neat, thanks for sharing the link