NEW YORK -- Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers -- and someday, even limbs -- with tricks that sound like magic spells from a "Harry Potter" novel. There's the guy who sliced off a ...

An experimental treatment using a pig bladder could help people who have lost a substantial portion of a muscle, researchers say. In an initial trial, researchers worked with five men in their late ...

Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers — and someday, even limbs — with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel. There’s the guy who sliced off a fingertip but ...

An extracellular matrix created from the urinary bladders of pigs, combined with offloading, has shown “significant” promise in treating diabetic foot ulcers, according to a recent study. A research ...

An errant horse bite, a pig’s bladder and one man’s fingertip have resulted in what some are calling a minor medical miracle with great potential to help others. CBS Miami reports that 33-year-old ...

Poulet en Vessie is chicken cooked in a pig's bladder. In Dirt, Bill Buford describes pig bladders as being like a small rubber sock — just insert chicken! A few weeks ago, standing outside his New ...

A few weeks ago, standing outside his New York City apartment building, Bill Buford handed me a bag. Inside was what looked like a deflated, veiny football, wrapped loosely in plastic. It was the ...