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Lose A Finger? Put Some Powder On It

news.bbc.co.uk — Man lost his finger...and was able to regrow it using a powder composed from the cells of a pig's bladder. Watch the video. Crazy.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 1, 2008

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  • AdamZC, on 05/01/2008, -5/+310FingerOn. Apply directly to your missing finger. FingerOn. Apply directly to your missing finger.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2008, -3/+214No you cannot regrow your penis.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2008, -12/+214That's ***** incredible!
  • aldenhg, on 05/01/2008, -0/+183Pshhht. Everyone knows that Torgo's Executive Powder is good for basically everything.
  • cheerio, on 05/01/2008, -1/+146In other news, a man uses 'pixie dust' to enlarge his penis to a record breaking 28 inches.
  • Tripacer9999, on 05/01/2008, -3/+123fly
  • phybere, on 05/01/2008, -0/+111FingerOn. I HATE your commercials, but I love your product!
  • 3tcp, on 05/01/2008, -0/+105I'm overwhelmed by the amount of awesome in this story. Is there anything that pigs can't do?
  • mhaluza, on 05/01/2008, -10/+98already posted about a month ago.
    http://digg.com/general_sciences/Regenerative_Powe ...
  • wefarrell, on 05/01/2008, -1/+78Who exactly are these pixies and why should we trust this dust that they give us?
  • stafa786, on 05/01/2008, -3/+71This is truly remarkable. I wonder if it can be used for other lost body parts as well.
  • Karroog, on 05/01/2008, -7/+631) He cut it before the joint, they can't grow back joints yet.
    2) You can program Stem cells to grow back anything, kind of been around for awhile.
    3)???????
    4) I like pie
  • BlueStarr, on 05/01/2008, -0/+53Attempted and unfortunately it failed. http://tinyurl.com/6frv5s
  • kaytrio, on 05/01/2008, -0/+48It's simply amazing to see how far medicine has come in the last 100 years.
  • jp12380, on 05/01/2008, -3/+49eek a penis!
  • ZaZ2137, on 05/01/2008, -0/+41dude.....i like pie too
  • NikkiFlores, on 03/03/2009, -9/+48That is absolutely amazing!
  • four444, on 05/01/2008, -0/+38Why am I having deja vu?
  • itzmattu, on 05/01/2008, -1/+37Completely unrelated field of research FTW
  • Hiji, on 05/01/2008, -8/+41Imagine what they could do with cells from a pig's penis.
  • Hinph, on 05/01/2008, -0/+31Pft. What they don't tell you is that he occasionally turns into a lizard man and wreaks havoc on the streets of New York City.
  • phybere, on 05/01/2008, -2/+31The only thing that would make this more complete is if it was an ad on late-night TV, and cost only $19.95 (plus s&h)

    ADDED BONUS: ORDER NOW AND RECEIVE TWO BOTTLES OF POWDER FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! CALL NOW!
  • Hefelumpman, on 05/01/2008, -0/+27have you tried rubbing it?
  • gcnaddict, on 05/01/2008, -1/+28but can I enlarge it?
  • bromac, on 05/01/2008, -5/+32Science: It works, bitch.
  • pegothejerk, on 05/01/2008, -0/+25this really is an example of sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic.
  • philippantoni, on 05/01/2008, -1/+24...but only after slicing it off first?
  • GregIsLegend, on 05/01/2008, -6/+29Correction...



    Science 48239489234823948 Miracles 0
  • wellyuk, on 05/01/2008, -4/+27Go cry yourself to sleep. No one gives a *****.
  • PRocker267, on 05/01/2008, -2/+24Then you would be growing a Vagina
  • inactive, on 05/01/2008, -0/+22Yeah thats what those nigerian spammers told me... I wont make that mistake again!
  • DannySpace, on 05/01/2008, -3/+22LET'S SEE DAVID BLAINE TO THAT!
  • Renian, on 05/01/2008, -1/+20But...do you profit?
  • magus_melchior, on 05/01/2008, -2/+20Nonsense! Everything flies* with a trebuchet.

    * Intact landing not guaranteed.
  • dsmx, on 05/01/2008, -0/+17Those Box network executives are finally doing a good job.
  • jp12380, on 05/01/2008, -0/+17Where did you get this information?
  • graduisic, on 05/01/2008, -1/+18http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/07/eveningn ...
    2 months old.
  • pzwhite125, on 05/01/2008, -0/+17Catch it with a piece of cheese!
  • wille1623, on 05/01/2008, -2/+19i wonder if it will work on hair loss
  • captainchris, on 05/01/2008, -0/+173 thumbs up
  • inactive, on 05/01/2008, -0/+16Yes... your knowledge of science in this area is old or from a high school textbook!! The ability to regrow nerves has never been an impossibility, just misunderstood. But recently with the last ten years have we been able to stimulate and control it
  • Myztry, on 05/01/2008, -0/+16Hmmm. Corkscrew. I suppose you could use the regrown one to open wine bottles...
  • CaptainM4d, on 05/01/2008, -0/+16I wish there was a time-lapse of the finger growing. It would be ***** brutal!
  • Nhmarine, on 05/01/2008, -17/+32Stem Cell Research FTW
  • ddrirc, on 05/01/2008, -0/+15someone needs to tell Frodo
  • carguy25, on 05/01/2008, -5/+20That's awesome!
  • gmiley, on 05/01/2008, -0/+15dude.....i like 3.1415926535897932385 too
  • lordenlil, on 05/01/2008, -1/+14I don't think you could have been set up any better. Perfect.
  • FishHammer, on 05/01/2008, -0/+13what the ***** are you talking about
  • hdberk, on 05/01/2008, -4/+17I really want to believe it... but somehow I'm still skeptical. I know it's BBC, but he has feeling in the finger. Nerve cells don't go through mitosis, meaning once a nerve is gone, it's gone. Anyone have an explanation for this?
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