Comments on: Medicine's Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs

The Future Is Here: Regenerative Powder, Ink Jet Heart Cells And Custom-Made Body Parts

[ioweign]

Nothing with Bush DNA please...

[mediapreachr]

Praised be!But,do you have the money to afford it?
You know,in some rich people''s eyes,if you don''t have 100 mil plus and no stock portfolio,you don''t qualify to be an american...

[sanfelz]

The current Scientific American has a more detailed article on the same subject.

[singindick]

Cool! I''ll take a new one of everything!

Praise the Lord for Science!

[ultracsic]

This material is called UBM (urinary bladder matrix. There are 12 patents on the material. It is made by a company called ACell, Inc. They have a website where you can see more info. www.acell.com

[kuyote]

I can already see my email filling up with all the spam... "You can be like Ron Jeremy... just sprinkle some of this between your legs."

[lynnleo-2009]

What a bunch of complainers! I guess they have never had a child or friend injured, wounded, or ill enough that could use a spare part. They''re probably not organ donors either. Send them a band from the Bill Guist Story! Oh ***, now I got to start over!
Lynn

[jpb_123]

How about growing me some hair cells! I''m missing quite a few on the top of my head.

[gaye5]

IF this is true, then imagine how Muslims would feel, I think that they would rather die than get something from pigs..oh what a shame...

[nothappyatall]

Just FYI, the very tip of a finger and nail can usually grow back on it''s own over time- IF there is a portion of the nailbed still there and the bone is mostly intact, it will never be as it was though, and may or may not have sensation.