Pentagon muscle building technology
Following the recipe of the Pentagon, in order to grow fully functional large muscles, a few pig cells, a small surgical intervention and rigorous daily training are enough.
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh started developing a technology to restore damaged muscles after they received an order from the military. This technique is implemented quickly. Despite the fact that clinical trials were initiated several months ago, there were four volunteers from the military to participate in the pilot process. While maintaining the same pace, in a couple of years the new technology will be widely used by American orthopedists and traumatologists in their work.
In the results of the research, there is no extension of the limbs, but everything is precisely to that and is moving. For the method of regeneration, it was based on the development of Dr. Stefan Badilak, who managed to grow a small part of a finger in 2007, using cells obtained from the bladder of a pig. To restore muscle tissue, similar actions are carried out. To begin with, the surgeons conduct the implantation of the extracellular matrix to the patient, it glues the cells together and consists of growth factor proteins, which are taken in the pig bladder. With the help of proteins, a collection of human stem cells is carried out to the damaged site and tissue growth process is initiated. In other words, there is a healing of the damaged part of the body. This method is particularly effective in the restoration of large muscles, the ability to fully regenerate which is not in natural conditions.
And when organizing a competent rehabilitation process for a new muscle, the body’s ability to restore not only the underlying muscle tissue, but also tendons and nerves, without which proper muscle function is not possible.
The importance of the new technology is beyond doubt, because when conducting combat operations, it is often necessary to remove large sections of tissue that have been damaged by war projectiles. And this is for a person a disability and a feeling of constant pain.
Perhaps the next decade will bring thousands of soldiers recovery and improvement in physical function. In civil society, the use of new technology can be used for injuries resulting from car accidents, post-cancer complications, diabetes and peripheral vascular diseases.
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