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Woman's persistence pays off in regenerated fingertip

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by G-Money, Sep 9, 2010.

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  1. G-Money

    G-Money Member

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    (CNN) -- After running inside from a rainstorm one Friday evening last January, Deepa Kulkarni leaned against the doorway with her right hand to take off her boots. Then, in an effort to make sure the dog didn't get out, someone slammed the door hard, and it landed right on her pinky.

    Kulkarni thought the door had only bruised her finger, but then she looked down and saw the tip of her pinky lying on the floor.

    Conclusion of story and rest of article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/09/pinky.regeneration.surgery/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1

    Awesome Read!
     
    #1 G-Money, Sep 9, 2010
  2. rrj_gamz

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    wow,...what a great read...persistence is right...
     
    #2 rrj_gamz, Sep 9, 2010
  3. Tb-Cain

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    Very interesting, but also a little misleading. The finger is shorter than before, so it didn't actually regenerate entirely.

    So, I'm curious as to what they are saying regenerated. Instead of healing over scabby and scarred, it healed cleaner? :confused:
     
    #3 Tb-Cain, Sep 9, 2010
  4. droxford

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    First off...

    It's awful to post only the first two paragraphs and a link BAD USER!

    Second...

    This part was particularly disturbing:

    "Kulkarni still keeps her severed pinky tip in the freezer. She thawed it out so CNN could take a photograph of the pinky tip alongside her regenerated finger."
     
    #4 droxford, Sep 9, 2010
  5. JusBleezy

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    Agreed on both points.
     
    #5 JusBleezy, Sep 9, 2010
  6. BetterThanI

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    ...says the guy who knocked over a table that cut off one of my toes. Or had you forgotten that, droxford? :p
     
    #6 BetterThanI, Sep 9, 2010
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    Certainly a good tip for anyone.
     
    #7 Bojangles, Sep 9, 2010
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    Yeah, you really should post the whole article. I mean, those two paragraphs are really just the tip of the iceberg.
     
    #8 CrazyDave, Sep 9, 2010
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    I was looking to hand out rep to you but since I had to read the article somewhere else, this tipped the scaled in the opposite direction.
     
    #9 YaosDirtyStache, Sep 9, 2010
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