"It was a simple prayer of healing. When I open my eyes I saw that Daniel seemed relieved.

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The three most common complications for open fractures are infection, difficulty healing and a condition called acute compartment syndrome.

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Because of the risk of infection, there are potentially more problems associated with healing when a fracture is open to the skin.

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"Therapeutic cloning has tremendous, tremendous healing potential, but we have to open so many doors before human trials, " lead researcher Hwang Woo-suk of Seoul National University said in a telephone interview.

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