RE: Replacement fingers grown?

Billy Brown (ewbrownv@mindspring.com)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:59:52 -0500

Brian Atkins wrote:
> What do you think of this article:
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/hl/story.html?s=v/nm/19990629
> /hl/fin11_1.html

Sounds about in line with what I'd expect tissue engineering to be working on right now. Note, however, that they aren't growing any nerves or blood vessels in these artificial fingers. Its a very good start, and usefull for cosmetic purposes, but they aren't fully functional replacements yet.

Billy Brown, MCSE+I
ewbrownv@mindspring.com