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Man Uses Pig’s ‘Pixie Dust’ to Fix Finger « FOX News Health Blog « FOXNews.com

May 1st, 2008 10:34 AM Eastern
Man Uses Pig’s ‘Pixie Dust’ to Fix Finger
by Jessica Doyle
With the help of an experimental powder, a man’s severed finger has regrown to its original length in just four weeks, reports London’s Daily Mail.
Lee Spievack, of Cincinnati, who sliced almost half an inch off the top of one of his fingers, described the powder as “pixie dust,” according to the newspaper.
The “pixie dust” is actually extra-cellular matrix, bursting with collagen and is made from a dried pig’s bladder, the newspaper reports.

More info here:
The Medical Quack: Regenerative Medicine and Growing Body Parts – A Progress Report and Update from TEDMED