The centerpiece of the new robotic shell is a 5 square centimeter hexagonal plate or circuit board.

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After days on the Internet and hours reaching out to reconstructive specialists in the United States, Pippi's mother discovered a company in Boston called Genzyme whose specialty is growing layers of human skin by cloning a 2-square-centimeter sample from a patient.

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