![]() The Sun-Herald accurately pointed out that: Sun-Herald, Medical miracle at our fingertips, 25th February, 2007 Second, that Lee Spievack's accident happened way back in 2005, and was extensively reported, in America and in Australia, in early 2007 - for example in Sydney's Sun-Herald. First, that doctors have been using extra-cellular matrix to help regenerate tissue since the 1990s. Pretty amazing, eh? But there were a few things Matthew Price didn't tell his viewers. Matthew Price: Normally when we are wounded, we scar, but the scientists say putting the extra-cellular matrix on the wound stimulates the cells to regrow instead. The pixie dust, the story went on to explain, was actually stuff called extra-cellular matrix, developed from pig's bladders at the University of Pittsburgh.Īnd the BBC illustrated its alleged powers with this remarkable graphic: ![]() Matthew Price: Exactly, they call it pixie dust, they sprinkle, and it grew back. Lee Spievack: Maybe they call it pixie dust. Miracle man sprinkles miracle powder on his finger. Nerves, tissue, blood vessels, skin in just four weeks. But it grew back with the help of a mystery powder. ![]() You can understand why doctors said he'd lost it for good. Matthew Price: The photos of his severed finger are pretty graphic. It was about Lee Spievack, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who had the tip of his finger sliced off by a model aeroplane. The story aired by SBS World News was filed by the BBC's New York reporter Matthew Price. SBS, World News Australia, 1st May, 2008 Lee Spievack: It took off probably about that much of the finger.Īnton Enus: The medical breakthrough that helped this man regrow a severed finger. ![]() And lack of scepticism is the problem with this classic medical miracle yarn. ![]()
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