U.S. teams aim to grow ears, skin for war wounded

[Orstio]

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1718936120080418?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews
 
By Kristin Roberts
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Teams of university scientists backed by U.S. government funds hope to grow new skin, ears, muscles and other body tissue for troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department said on Thursday. 
The $250 million effort aims to address the Pentagon's unprecedented challenge of caring for troops returning from the war zones with multiple traumatic injuries, many of which would have been fatal years ago. 
"We've had just over 900 people, men, some women with amputations of some kind or another since the start of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Many have also suffered burns, spinal cord injuries and vision loss.

[SHJ]

That's good to hear, not only for our servicemen and women, but for all those that suffer traumatic injuries. I wish 'em luck.