U.S. military to take the lead in tissue regeneration research

The Department of Defense working with stem cell research to help regenerate body parts for soldiers returning from war....BD

The Defense Department in the United States says $250 million has been pledged for research into dealing with soldiers returning from the war zones with multiple traumatic injuries.

The money will go towards therapies for burn repair, wound healing without scarring, facial reconstruction and limb reconstruction or regeneration. Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker says stem cells from injured soldiers could be used to grow more cells that are then painted on a scaffold in the shape of his ears and nose.
Schoomaker says after an incubation period of weeks, the biodegradable scaffold would be implanted on the skin and absorbed, ultimately becoming fully functional.