Thanks to -e- for sending me this link. This is freaky, amazing and wonderful, all at the same time.
The BBC news reports on an experiment at growing bone in the lab, which then spins out of the laboratory and into the hands of artists.
Couples are being given the opportunity to exchange jewellery made from samples of their bone grown in the laboratory.
Scientists obtain bone cells from wisdom teeth and then grow them on a “scaffold” material in the lab.
The efforts are part of a collaboration between scientists and artists aiming to learn how to craft complex shapes from bone tissue.
Examples are to go on display at an exhibition at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
