The man who grew a finger

That's like when Wormtail cut-off his hand and then Voldemort cast a spell to give Wormtail a silver hand! :eek:
 
Uhh, I'm not sure it was a good idea for the guy to publicise it. His brother can probably get into trouble for giving him the powder since it isn't even in clinical trials yet.

Awesome though.
 
Holy shit. I can't believe my eyes. :eek:
 
That is very awesome. We'll be hearing more of this powder before too long no doubt. kinda gross where the powder comes from but ah well. Does the trick.
 
Oh man, we're in for a whole new brand of penis enlargement spam.
 
This sounds so awesome. I hope it gets into the mainstream soon.
 
Finally, people can start going havoc and abusing their bodies without worrying about the consequences.

Eh, but seriously, this is some damn good news. Hooray for science...and pigs.
 
You realise this is blatantly the beginning of a Michael Crichton novel which we are all caught in.
 
Finally, the FSM has wrapped his noodly appendage around us!

But really, this is huge. Like, really.
 
If this is true, even a little, then that's ****ing awesome and pretty damn revolutionary.

But for now, cynicism will prevail.
 
Pesmerga said:
If this is true, even a little, then that's ****ing awesome and pretty damn revolutionary.

But for now, cynicism will prevail.
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Not revolutionary... counter-evolutionary! It's doing stuff that our bodies aren't supposed to be able to do after a very young age! :D
 
I wonder if this could help people who were born without limbs.


But im going to believe its fake. Comon, pig powder?
 
I was reading about research in this area in Scientific American, and they mentioned using proteins from a pig's bladder to cut off the scarring, but they decided that human clinical trials had to be approved before they would hypothesize whether or not it would actually regrow the limb, or simply prevent scarring.

Looks like they got their clinical trial :laugh:
 
Krynn72 said:
I wonder if this could help people who were born without limbs.


But im going to believe its fake. Comon, pig powder?
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It isn't fake. They've been researching this for years, and were just about to begin clinical trials. The pig's bladder contains hormones which cause scarring in the limbs to stop.

Here's basically how healing works in humans: 1. Clotting, 2. limited regeneration, 3. Scarring, 4. Epidermal regeneration.

And here is how it works in salamanders: 1. Clotting, 2. Epidermal regeneration/budding, 3. Full limb rengeration

Humans have the exact same genes as salamanders for regrowing limbs, but we have an added gene which causes us to quickly scar as well. This would have been useful for early mammals who needed a quick and easy way to heal wounds and prevent infections. If you cut off the scarring genes, you theoretically allow the limb to regrow normally, just as a salamander's does. Apparently, the hormones in this pig's bladder solution acted as inhibitors of the scarring genes, allowing the limb to regenerate without being inhibited by massive scarring.
 
He said he had feeling, doesn't that mean that it regrew neurons too. The cells that could help spinal injuries to recover?
 
theotherguy said:
It isn't fake. They've been researching this for years, and were just about to begin clinical trials. The pig's bladder contains hormones which cause scarring in the limbs to stop.

Here's basically how healing works in humans: 1. Clotting, 2. limited regeneration, 3. Scarring, 4. Epidermal regeneration.

And here is how it works in salamanders: 1. Clotting, 2. Epidermal regeneration/budding, 3. Full limb rengeration

Humans have the exact same genes as salamanders for regrowing limbs, but we have an added gene which causes us to quickly scar as well. This would have been useful for early mammals who needed a quick and easy way to heal wounds and prevent infections. If you cut off the scarring genes, you theoretically allow the limb to regrow normally, just as a salamander's does. Apparently, the hormones in this pig's bladder solution acted as inhibitors of the scarring genes, allowing the limb to regenerate without being inhibited by massive scarring.
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Thats freaking awesome.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
He said he had feeling, doesn't that mean that it regrew neurons too. The cells that could help spinal injuries to recover?
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In theory, yes. Unfortunately it may be the case that the genes expressing tissue regeneration might only be present in the limbs. Salamanders, for instance, can only regenerate limbs up to the shoulder. If not, you could potentially use the hormones from the pig's bladder to regenerate any damaged tissue. The important part is though, you have to apply the hormones immediately after the injuring, so scarring doesn't take place. Having the body do this automatically would require some serious genetic engineering.

EDIT: I should also say that this would NOT work for a genetic deformity or an autoimmune disorder which causes you to lose a body part, because your body isn't sending the "damaged tissue!" hormones to the site of the missing part. The only way you could get a deformed person to regrow a limb is if you amputated what little they had left and then covered the site with the scar-inhibiting hormones.
 
be funny if it regenerated based on the pigs dna in the powder
 
Colour me interested. I lost the end of my left ring finger 6 years ago. Would like to see it back again. ;(

Still, I live without it. The only thing I can't do is play Guitar Hero. D:

And this is awesome.
 
umm....im not sure that could grow his finger back to how a normal finger is the way you were born with. i mean does the powder have some magical power that somehow grows the cuticle and then the rest of the finger?

im just not buying it
 
giant384 said:
umm....im not sure that could grow his finger back to how a normal finger is the way you were born with. i mean does the powder have some magical power that somehow grows the cuticle and then the rest of the finger?

im just not buying it
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You're not buying it?!

Did you even read theotherguy's post?
 
theotherguy said:
It isn't fake. They've been researching this for years, and were just about to begin clinical trials. The pig's bladder contains hormones which cause scarring in the limbs to stop.

Here's basically how healing works in humans: 1. Clotting, 2. limited regeneration, 3. Scarring, 4. Epidermal regeneration.

And here is how it works in salamanders: 1. Clotting, 2. Epidermal regeneration/budding, 3. Full limb rengeration

Humans have the exact same genes as salamanders for regrowing limbs, but we have an added gene which causes us to quickly scar as well. This would have been useful for early mammals who needed a quick and easy way to heal wounds and prevent infections. If you cut off the scarring genes, you theoretically allow the limb to regrow normally, just as a salamander's does. Apparently, the hormones in this pig's bladder solution acted as inhibitors of the scarring genes, allowing the limb to regenerate without being inhibited by massive scarring.
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You ever stop to think there's a ****ing reason nature we evolved with scarring genes? Emotional scars and physical. THINK OF WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE LIKE IF PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE EMOTIONAL SCARS!
 
I guess jews and muslins wouldnt use it?
 
Holy shit. Combo Breaker.


This is good news for Yakuza and their victims of Yubitsume.
 
If that was me regrowing my finger...or at least some of it...I would be picking at it all day...
 
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