Lee Spievack is a medical miracle. His favorite hobby was to fly remote control airplanes. He put his hand to close to the propeller and cut the tip of his finger off. He never found his finger. He lost about a inch of his finger. He went to his brother who was a Scientist to find a way to grow his finger back.
His brother named Dr. Alan Spievack had a obsession with Salamanders. If they lose a limb they can actually regenerate a carbon copy of the same limb back. Dr Spievack became a leading researcher in regenerative medicine. He met someone named DR. Stephen Badylak who goal is to rebuild new life. By getting a human body to regenerate its parts (organs) like a Salamander lives can be saved.
Our bodies scar and if it didn't we would probably bleed to death. Dr Badylack wants to reprogram the way our body reacts to trauma. By using Pigs he can use some of their organs to put into humans. One thing that does regenerate in Pigs is their blatter. It contains something that holds the cells together called Extracellular Matrix that gives instructions to regrow parts of the body. They dry out the bladder and make it into powder. Then it was put on the cut off finger of the brother and the brothers fingers grew back with even the same finger print in only 4 weeks. It was like nothing had happened.
It makes you wonder what it could to for all these people with missing limbs. This could change how long we live. When we lose a limb, or a organ fails this powder can actually be used to regenerate a brand new one. This is something that makes the future promising for the younger generation and hopefully brings a much brighter future for the human being. It makes you wonder 1000 years from now how long people can actually live for.
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Extracellular Matrix- TechEBlog
finger transformation- hairsite.com
Dr. Alan Spievack- ACell
Salamander- Shutterstock