Regeneration......
Scientists have
discovered a way to make people regenerate lost parts of the body – dignity and
all.
Corporal Isaias
Hernandez, a soldier who had more than 70% of his leg blown apart in battle,
returned home and was told that his right leg muscle would never heal, and he’d
be better off with an amputation. Deciding to keep the leg, Hernandez and
clinical researcher Steven Wolf tried a new approach – a teeny bit of pig’s bladder.
Called the
extracellular matrix, or ECM, it has the power to reawaken a body’s natural
healing abilities. By inserting the ECM into his leg – and by combining this
with physical therapy – Hernandez regenerated the greater part of its muscle;
today it’s as strong as his healthy leg.
Pig’s bladder is
basically the key to Wolverine-like healing abilities.
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