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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, greet U.S. Marine Cpl. Isaias Hernandez at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, April 19, 2010. Hernandrez, whose leg was severely wounded in Iraq, is a patient at the institute and has regrown most of his destroyed quadricep thanks to the gains in regenerative medicine.

MEETING THE MULLENS

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, greet U.S. Marine Cpl. Isaias Hernandez at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, April 19, 2010. Hernandrez, whose leg was severely wounded in Iraq, is a patient at the institute and has regrown most of his destroyed quadricep thanks to the gains in regenerative medicine.

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