Pig Bladder Hormone Allows Vet to Re-Grow Leg
Marine Isaias Hernandez lost 70% of the muscles in his right thigh in a mortar explosion in Afghanistan. Such extreme damage usually requires that the leg be amputated. Not in Hernandez’s case. Instead, he was injected with a growth hormone that comes from pig bladders—and his leg muscle grew…
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Pig Bladder Hormone Allows Vet to Re-Grow Leg
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