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Grow Your Own Replacement Bones

Posted by michael on from the not-made-of-adamantium-unfortunately dept.

Tim writes "New Scientist reports on a German man who had a complete jaw transplant, after having his cancerous jawbone removed nine years ago. The twist? This jawbone was grown on his shoulder, using a titanium mold, bone marrow, and recombinant bone morphogenic protein." There's also a BBC story.

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  1. Future body mod trend? by curtisk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Instead of subdermal or transdermal implants which are used now, in the near future could you grow your own custom sculpted bone horns on your head?

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  2. Slashdot Maxim by Paulrothrock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    One man's Score: 0, Troll is another man's Score: +5, Funny.

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