Regrow fingertips - with bone and nail - using nothing more than a collagen powder derived from pig bladders? I saw this about a month ago, and I'm still not sure I believe it.
(Regrow limbs with pig bladder collagen video)
If this can be confirmed, it will indeed be a breakthrough - and if it can work on larger structures, like hands, or feet, or even limbs - it will be amazing.
Via Daily Mail; thanks to Moira and Adi for writing in.
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Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
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'But the stars are only atoms in larger space, and in that larger space the star-atoms could combine to form living matter, thinking matter, couldn't they?'
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'...to build up a video picture would require, say, ten million decisions every second. Mike, you're so fast I can't even think about it. But you aren't that fast.'