Pensioner grows new skull

A pensioner whose skull was removed after an accident in the 1950s astounded doctors by growing a new one.

Gordon Moore, 72, had worn a metal plate to protect his brain for more than 50 years after he was involved in a car crash.

But when surgeons removed the titanium plate to treat an infection, they were astonished to find the had grown a new skull underneath.



A skull growing back is so rare there are no records on the number of times it has happened.

The whole smashed front section of Gordon's skull, from his eye to his ear, backwards to the top of his head, has regenerated.

It is understood there has been only one other discovery like this in the world.

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