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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Fri Dec 29, 2017, 05:20 PM Dec 2017

World first for dog's broken leg

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-42370415/world-first-for-dog-s-broken-leg

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World first for dog's broken leg (Original Post) shenmue Dec 2017 OP

Here's the text of the story. Control-Z Dec 2017 #1

Maybe I can get new hips then! geardaddy Dec 2017 #2

Amazing! BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #3

Awesome article TEB Dec 2017 #4

Control-Z

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1. Here's the text of the story.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 05:33 PM

Dec 2017

There is also a video at the link.

World first for dog's broken leg
Researchers in Scotland have saved the leg of a dog using a new technique to grow bones in the laboratory.

Eva the dog would have had her entire leg amputated were it not for a novel method of creating bone.

Now the team plans to try it on human patients.