Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Regenerating tissue: Man regrows finger
Collapse
X
-
Originally posted by BeBro
I can regrow my hair after it's been cutOriginally posted by Oerdin
If this is true then it is the greatest medical break through since antibiotics.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.
Comment
-
Originally posted by Xorbon
I have no idea what you're talking about.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Comment
-
Originally posted by Wezil
Sorry, I may have jumped to conclusions. I looked at the thread title and saw who the thread starter was and immediately remembered a poor innocent thread of mine that AC defiled."lol internet" ~ AAHZ
Comment
-
Originally posted by Oerdin
If this is true then it is the greatest medical break through since antibiotics.
Hopefully, by the time I'm 80, they can grow me a replacement body!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry ab...Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
'92 & '96 Perot, '00 & '04 Bush, '08 & '12 Obama, '16 Clinton, '20 Biden, '24 Harris
Comment
-
Originally posted by Donegeal
QFT!
Hopefully, by the time I'm 80, they can grow me a replacement body!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry about is dementia!
The only thing I'd have to worry ab...
And AIDS.
And drug resistant TB.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Comment
-
Originally posted by Colon�
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF
Comment
-
An update, again from BBC:
Was the new finger a 'natural' miracle?
By Caroline Parkinson
Health reporter, BBC News
The story of the man who re-grew a finger using "pixie-dust" has captured the imagination of many this week.
But a number of scientists have cast cold-water over the claims - and said it may have been a "natural" miracle.
Lee Spievak, 69, chopped off part of his finger - said to be almost down to the first joint - in a model airplane accident in 2005.
His brother was working in the field of regenerative medicine, with Dr Stephen Badylak at the University of Pittsburgh.
They provided Mr Spievak, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the "pixie-dust" - more accurately called extracellular matrix, which he sprinkled on his finger.
Extracellular matrix is, essentially, the support structure for cells which is present in all animal and human tissue.
Within weeks, it is said the tip of the finger - including bone, tissue, skin and nail grew back.
'A common-or-garden injury'
Dr Badylak's team had previously been working on regenerating much simpler biological structures using the extracellular matrix.
That is something that numerous teams of scientists across the world have been pursuing for decades.
Extracellular matrix is just one of the "scaffolds" for supporting new cell growth.
But re-growing a fingertip would be a significant step forward.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
Professor Stephen Minger, an expert in stem cell and regenerative medicine at Kings College London, said: "This is where my scepticism comes in. It would be a really complex task.
"At the moment people are trying to figure out how to make heart, brain and liver cells.
"I don't see how they could re-grow a fingertip by sprinkling on extracellular matrix."
Mr Spievak says he has regained feeling in his finger.
But Professor Minger said: "When people have a fingertip reattached, the nerves don't re-grow and people have no sense of pressure, or of pain."
'A remarkable process'
Scientists say they want to see research by Dr Badylak published in peer-reviewed journals - which means work has been assessed by other experts - rather than simply hearing anecdotal reports.
Simon Kay, professor of hand surgery at the University of Leeds said he suspected that Mr Spievak had sustained a "very common-or-garden, mundane fingertip injury" which had not affected the bone or led to the loss of the nail.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
Lee Spievack lost his finger in the propeller of a model plane.
He said that the tip of the finger had amazing natural healing powers, which may not be universally recognised.
"It appears to regenerate because new skin grows over the end of the finger - that's a normal recovery."
If there is any tissue remaining on top of the bone, the person will even retain a "tip".
"It's quite a remarkable process.
"It can be utterly surprising how well it repairs after what appears to be a ghastly injury but it's what you might expect from the most peripheral part of the body."
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2008/05/02 13:17:30 GMT
© BBC MMVIII"lol internet" ~ AAHZ
Comment
-
we need people to try this on. anyone got a spare finger?Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog
Comment
Comment