Wednesday, June 3, 2015

World's first BIOLIMB created: Dead arm 'brought back to life' in lab

World's first BIOLIMB created: Dead arm 'brought back to life' in lab | Daily Mail Online: "Dr Daniel Weiss, an organ regeneration expert at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, said: 'This is science fiction coming to life.'"

The research was carried out by the Massachusetts General Hospital. Researchers stripped a dead arm of all of its cells. They then injected it with blood vessels and muscle cells (shown). The limb came back to life and was re-attached to a rat, which was able to use the new limb

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