NursingBytes.net

Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells
Fri Feb 1, 2008 1:46pm EST

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.

Researchers said on Friday the breakthrough opened up new ways to treat severe tissue damage and made the prospect of custom-made living spares parts for humans a step closer to reality.

The possibilities this raises are exciting. Too bad the stem cell controversy continues to rage.

[h/t io9 via pa12ick]