Dispensary Corner 19 Sep 13
September 19, 2013
LOST a body part - perhaps a
finger, perhaps an arm, perhaps
something else?
There is hope, according to a
report from CBS Miami.
A Florida man whose over-enthusiastic
pet horse bit off
the end of his owner’s finger
in a feeding episode, has had
the miracle of regrowth of the
appendage realised thanks to
Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez at the
Deerfield Beach Outpatient
Surgical Center.
Rodriguez had been developing
a surgical technique using pig
bladder tissue to build a template
mould of the missing part.
In this case, the procedure was
successful over the course of
several weeks as the patient’s
flesh and bone grew back into the
mould, complete with fingernail.
The method, known as
xenotransplantation, causes the
cells of one species to transplant
with the cells of another species.
The procedure holds hope
for future parts regrowth with
potential for wider application.
No headaches on this cruise:
every year 164,000 tonnes of
acetaminophen (in Australia,
paracetamol) are produced.
That is roughly equivalent to
the weight of the Freedom of the
Seas, one of the world’s largest
cruise ships (below).
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