Pigs are a major contributor to the biomedical research world. A new method of using porcine bladder tissue used to grow human skeletal muscle tissue using a stem cell technique is proof. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Health has been testing this procedure in clinical studies and found that it works. This technique actually causes functional skeletal muscle to be formed where only scar tissue would normally form and the new muscle fibers actually secure their own blood flow. This tissue was used in the past to repair hernias and ulcers on the skin. Click on the link below to read the full article “Patients Regrow Muscles with Pig Bladder Tissue” written by Jessica Firger of CBS News.