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Regrown Finger Called 'Absurd'

Scientist blast man's claim that pig-bladder 'pixie dust' restored digit

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2008 7:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – A UK plastic surgeon repudiated claims by an American company that a powder made from a pig’s bladder spurred regrowth of a man’s severed fingertip, the Guardian reports. Stories circulated this week of Lee Spievack’s “miraculous” recovery thanks to what he...   Read full story »

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Original coverage of the magical regrowth powder

'The man who regrew a finger'
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plastic surgery • medical research • pig • hoax • junk science • severed finger • quackery

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