Man regrows finger, sceptics cry wolf

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In every town in every part of this sprawling country you can find a faceless sprawling strip mall in which to do the shopping.
Rarely though would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall's hobby shop.
That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be. "I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model airplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off."

It took the end right off, down to the bone, about half an inch.
"We don't know where the piece went."
The photos of his severed finger tip are pretty graphic. You can understand why doctors said he'd lost it for good. Today though, you wouldn't know it. Mr Spievak, who is 69 years old, shows off his finger, and it's all there, tissue, nerves, nail, skin, even his finger print.
More here: BBC NEWS | Health | The man who grew a finger


That's some cool shit. Maybe I can finally give some people a bit of powder, and say "Grow some balls," and they will.
 
There was an XFile with this in the episode.

Your DNA has the code for this sort of thing.
 
Some universities are doing research on limb regeneration, studying the salamander as a model organism. This month's issue of Scientific American (I think) has a story on it if you guys are interested.
 
Some universities are doing research on limb regeneration, studying the salamander as a model organism. This month's issue of Scientific American (I think) has a story on it if you guys are interested.
the military has spent a lot of money researching a spicific salamander.
 
Heroes. How come nobody has made the connection yet?
 
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