X-Message-Number: 14373 References: <> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 13:55:43 +0100 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #13882 - #13895 Some news of interest from the bbc website Lots of other great stuff there as well http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_205000/205477.stm Thumbs up for organs 'grown to order' A new breakthrough by a team of American scientists is being hailed as next step towards growing human body organs and tissues to order. The thumb of factory worker Raul Murcia, 36, which was irreparably crushed in an industrial accident, has been grown back using a revolutionary new technique pioneered by doctors at the University of Massachusetts. They were able to grow new thumb bone tissue to the correct size and dimensions using sea coral as a kind of template. http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_896000/896134.stm Custom-made human teeth could one day be grown in the laboratory, relegating dentures to a thing of the past. The predictions follow successful experiments to grow mouse teeth in a laboratory dish. Scientists believe the technique could benefit humans within a decade. Joseph. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14373