A powder made from pig bladders is currently being used to help soldiers recover from wounds that would have previously required amputation. Due to the powder´s seemingly magical ability to allow new tissue growth, it picked up the name "pixie dust."
Pig bladders are used because they contain "extra cellular matrix," a substance made of mostly collagen. The powder has been used to grow human bladders, but has also helped several soldiers with severe arm and leg injuries.
Plastic surgeon Steve Wolf, who is heading up the pig bladder powder trials in Texas, said" "We don´t quite know how it works which adds to its magical qualities. We think that it attracts cells in the body that have the ability to multiply."
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