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Government Pours Millions into Pig Powder for Regrowing Limbs
A few weeks ago, we told you about the guy who regrew his finger using some "pig powder" that his biologist brother supplied him with. It sounded vaguely made-up, but it turns out the U.S. government took the pig powder stories very seriously indeed. As CNN reported today (see clip), the military is pouring millions of dollars into experiments with the substance. It's being used on soldiers who have lost fingers — and perhaps other limbs, later — in the hope that it will fool stem cells into creating new body parts for people who have lost them in accidents. Here you can see a pretty gory shot of the operation used to insert the pig dust into a man's finger stump. Apparently it will only take weeks to regrow. We'll keep you posted on whether that actually works out.
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Regrowing Fingers Using Pig Bladders
Lee Spievak regrew his fingers from powdered big bladders. While tinkering with his model airplane two years ago, Spievak accidently sliced a half inch off of the middle finger on his right hand — nail and all — in the propeller. Doctors told him he'd never get it back, but his brother Alan sent him some powder derived from a pig bladder. Spievak rubbed the powder on the stub every day for a month and the finger grew back. In four months, the nail was also back, fully formed (pictured). Find out how below. More »
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New Doctor Who Star Could Be His Own Worst Enemy
Could the Master be the new Doctor? That's what one newspaper is claiming. John Simm, who danced rings around David Tennant as the psycho arch-villain, is the "hot favorite" to play the Doctor when Tennant leaves. But it's unclear how the show could get around the fact that we saw Simm's body being cremated:If Simm is to return in any guise, the show's writers would either have to explain his resurrection or add him in another way. And if he is indeed to return as the Doctor, an even more ingenious explanation will be required to account for his transformation from the Timelord's sworn enemy to the central character himself - unless, of course, their facial similarities are entirely glossed over.More »
