A powder nick-named “Pixie Dust” is being used to save the limbs of war heroes who have been wounded in Afghanistan.
Surgeons have already used the dust to save several soldiers so badly mutilated that they were at risk of amputation.
Made from pig bladders it has the ability to help the human body grow new tissue to replace large areas of a leg or arm destroyed by blast damage.
Many British and American soldiers have lost limbs to roadside bombs in the bitter battle for control of Afghanistan.
Now there is hope that limbs that would have been previously amputated can be saved.
Full story: ‘Pixie Dust’ made from pig bladders regrows limbs of wounded soldiers – Mail Online