One of the researchers involved, Prof Jeffrey Saver from the University of California, Los Angeles, told the BBC that these techniques would become more common, as they are more likely to clear clots than drugs.

BBC: 'Clot nets' help stroke recovery

After Etan disappeared, investigators tried what was then a novel technique to try to find him: They put his face on thousands of milk cartons, a technique that would become more common in the next few years.

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Dr James Hendron, a surgeon at Harvard Medical School, said better anti-rejection drugs would be needed if hand transplants were to become more common.

BBC: Hand transplant 'a success'

They initiated what would become a common feature of determinedly innovative art culture to this day: the simpler the art, the more elaborate the rationale.

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