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EARTHDATE: December 10, 2006

Official News - page 8

CHRISTMAS REAL LIFE NEWS: GIVE A LITTLE PART OF YOURSELF

by Hazed

If you are unsure what to give your significant other this Christmas, here's an idea which really does mean you give a part of yourself to the one you adore: rings made from your very own bone.

First reaction: ick, that's disgusting! But actually, the science behind it is quite intriguing. Scientists take bone cells from your wisdom teeth and then grow them in the lab on a "scaffold" material. It's all part of a collaboration between scientists and artists who aim to learn how to craft complex shapes from bone tissue.

The serious side of all this is that the technique could be used to grow large bits of bone for people who need bone replacements or who have cancer.

For more information, read this BBC News article.


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