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Originally Posted by Failed
This article leaves so many questions unanswered.
- Is this common practice? I've never heard of it before.
- If it is common practice, why isn't this being used on people here in the states when they lose fingers or toes. My step father just had his finger tip removed above the knuckle last month because the part of the finger that was cut off could not be found, why was this option not presented to him?
- Could this practice be used to save entire limbs in some way?
- Could we grow other parts of our bodies, ears, noses, etc on our stomachs or other areas?
Man, I love/hate articles like this.
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You know how us Westerners are behind in the times with groundbreaking health solutions. Actually, I watched a whole series on the Discovery Channel a while back about the different breakthroughs in science that is allowing victims of limb loss either regrow appendages from other parts of their bodies or in labs using stem cells harvested from the person who needs the body part.
Found something on YouTube that was similar: