Van Gogh's left ear, cloned for science and art

This is Van Gogh's left ear. The one he famously chopped off. Kind of. Artist Diemut Strebe worked with stem cell scientists -- including the creator of the controversial " ear mouse " -- to grow the cartilage over the period of a year in a bioreactor, using tissue donated by a living relative of the tortured Dutch painter.

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