10 Inventions That Will Make Harry Potter A Reality

When the ever incompetent Lockhart manages to remove all of the bones from Harry's arms in his second year, he is given a foul-tasting potion called Skele-Gro in order to restore them.

Madame Pomfrey, the school nurse, is repeatedly shown to be competent in fixing almost any ailment, whether magical or not, often healing wounds and bones in the blink of an eye.

The U.S. Army’s regenerative medicine institute also appears to want a bit of this action and has been conducting thorough research into advanced healing techniques.

Whilst they haven't yet managed to regrow whole limbs or anything, they're not actually too far off, enabling patients to recover skin, bone and muscle tissue and bounce back from injuries with remarkable speed.

When it comes to bones, we're nearly there too. At Southampton and Northampton Universities, a team of scientists and researchers are attempting to develop what is essentially Skele-Gro.

They have developed an injectable gel containing stem cells and magnetic particles that can repair bones damaged through injury or diseases such as osteoporosis. The treatment has the same effect as many months and years of taxing physiotherapy without the patient ever having to leave their bed.

Not quite growing an arm back over night, but not far off.