Regenerative Medicine

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/14048547.htm

Growing a finger to replace one lost due to war injury. This sounds like science fiction but that is the goal during the next five years for a group called 'Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative'.

"Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest center, said it's already possible to create some simple body tissues. He said the key will be learning how to combine those smaller tissues to form something larger, such as a finger or an ear."

These procedures will surely shock the public since so little is know about them generally and the possibility is not thought to be possible.