Scientest Grows "Finger"! Amazing!

[8182KSKUSH]

Just saw this thought it may be of intrest! Pretty Crazy Shit!

The amazing 'pixie dust' made from pigs bladder that regrew a severed finger in FOUR weeks

By FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 08:17am on 1st May 2008

Scientists are claiming an amazing breakthrough - regrowing a man's severed finger with the aid of an experimental powder.


Four weeks after Lee Spievack sliced almost half an inch off the top of one of his fingers, he said it had grown back to its original length.
Four months later it looked like any other finger, complete with "great feeling", a fingernail and fingerprint.


The secret to the astonishing regrowth is said to be the powder described by Mr Spievack, a Cincinnati model shop salesman, as "pixie dust".
More properly known as extra-cellular matrix, it is bursting with collagen, the protein that gives skin its strength and elasticity, and is made from dried pig's bladder.
It was developed to regenerate damaged ligaments in horses.

"The second time I put it on I could already see growth," said Mr Spievack, 69.
"Each day it was up further.
"Finally it closed up and was a finger. It took about four weeks before it was sealed."


Mr Spievack damaged his finger in the propeller of a model plane three years ago.
He turned down a skin graft in favour of the "pixie dust" recommended by his brother, a former surgeon and the founder of the firm that makes the powder.

While it is not entirely clear how the powder works, its developers believe it kick-starts the body's natural healing process by sending out signals that mobilise the body's own cells into repairing the damaged tissue.

Dr Stephen Badylak, of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, told the BBC: "There are all sorts of signals in the body.

"We have got signals that are good for forming scar tissue and others that are good for regenerating tissues.

"One way to think about these matrices is that we've taken out many of the stimuli for scar tissue formation and left those signals which were always there for constructive remodelling."
In other words, the powder directs tissues to grow afresh rather than form scars.

He believes the powder also forms a microscopic scaffolding for the body's own cells to build round.

"We're not smart enough to figure out how to regrow a finger," said Dr Badylak.
"Maybe what we can do is bring all of the pieces of the puzzle to the right place and then let Mother Nature take its course.

"There's a lot more that we don't know than we do know."
Dr Badylak has both medical and veterinary degrees. He has had more than 180 scientific papers published and this year won a coveted Carnegie Science Centre Award for Excellence.

His work is driven by a successful heart operation he carried out on a dog in the 1980s, in which part of a pig intestine was used to fashion a makeshift aorta for its heart.

Months later, an examination revealed that the transplanted intestine part had morphed into a vessel that looked much like an aorta.

The "pixie dust" powder is made by scraping the cells from the lining of a pig's bladder.

After these are discarded, the remaining tissue is "cleaned" in acid and dried out.

Its benefits may not be limited to finger tips, with the U.S. military poised to try it out on soldiers whose fingers have been amputated.

The patients will have the end of the damaged finger or thumb reopened surgically, to allow the powder to be sprinkled on the raw flesh three times a week.

The hope is they will have enough regrowth to allow them to perform the pinching motion needed to hold a toothbrush or do up a button.

Burns victims could also benefit.


Dr Badylak, scientific adviser to the company making the powder, also intends to see if the technique will regrow oesophagus tissue removed in cancer patients.

Even entire limbs might one day be conjured up by the "pixie dust", Dr Badylak believes.

He said: "I think that within ten years we will have strategies that will re-grow the bones and promote the growth of functional tissue around those bones.

"And that is a major step towards eventually doing the entire limb."
Some animals can regenerate tissue without "pixie dust". For example, an adult salamander can regenerate a lost leg over and over again, regardless of how many times the part is amputated.

The best part was the picture of him with the airplane that chewed off his finger, hes like, "Yeah bitch how you like that finger now" just stroking the propellor with it. LMAO!! Check out the link for pics too, pretty cool!

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8182KSKUSH Reviewed by 8182KSKUSH on 05-01-2008. Scientest Grows "Finger"! Amazing! Just saw this thought it may be of intrest! Pretty Crazy Shit! The amazing 'pixie dust' made from pigs bladder that regrew a severed finger in FOUR weeks By FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 08:17am on 1st May 2008 Scientists are claiming an amazing breakthrough - regrowing a man's severed finger with the aid of an experimental powder. Four weeks after Lee Spievack sliced almost half an inch off the top of one of his fingers, he said it had grown back to Rating: 5

[zeitgeist]

That's pretty badass. I know all the soldiers that have lost limbs will be extremly grateful.

[silkyblue]

Scientest Grows "Finger" Holy Fuck! Amazing!

everybody needs a finger now and then lol


good idea


legalize mara and I'll b happy as a clam


the outcome can only be beautiful

[Greenthing]

I do believe that i heard somewhere that the closest skin to a humans is pig skin.
But i am skeptical about a pigs bladder being able to regrow a human finger or any other body part, at least untill i have seen some concrete evidence.
Pig may fly one day.

[Greenthing]

I wonder would it work on my penis as its a bit worse for wear:thumbsup:

[8182KSKUSH]

Actually read the whole article.
It happened already, so be skeptical, but it actually happened I guess. Unless they are just lying for the fun of it. They don't know exactly everything that was involved, but they have been doing it for a while now in many different applications. Lots of possibilities, and yes, they may be able to do something about your needledick too!!!LMFAO

[Greenthing]

Hey 8182KSKUSH i never said i had a needle dick only that it was a little worse for wear
Yep i should have read it in more depth but thats just me
Its nice to make someone Laugh their arse off.
:thumbsup:
Cheers Bud.

[Greenthing]

Hi 8182KSKUSH a look at this, i want to be a pig called sam:thumbsup:.

[fishman3811]

Thats bloody amazing regrowing a finger OMG and of all things they call it pixie dust lol.Regarding the guy with the pencil dick maybe if u cut it off and sprinkle some pixie dust on it it might grow bigger but i doubght it.....But u can have a couple of inches of mine its wayyyy too big.......

[Greenthing]

Thats bloody amazing regrowing a finger OMG and of all things they call it pixie dust lol.Regarding the guy with the pencil dick maybe if u cut it off and sprinkle some pixie dust on it it might grow bigger but i doubght it.....But u can have a couple of inches of mine its wayyyy too big.......

I aint got a pencil dick fishman3811, what i said was its badly worn
with all the fuc*ing i do, do you guy not read the fecking posts properly.
I do want some pixie dust though, just to revitalize my one eyed monster. LMFAO