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Department of Defense to Regrow Body Parts

Posted by Helge Johannessen on April 24, 2008

The Department of Defense in the US announced on April 17 that they will create the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) who will do research targeted at regrowing body parts. The initial budget is $250 million over a five year period. Let us hope we see some progress on the area soon [DOD].

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One Response to “Department of Defense to Regrow Body Parts”

  1. Joakim Schultz Says:
    April 25, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Wonder if they will offer this service to some of the people of Iraq in the future too ?

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