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Title: Scientists Got Adult Frogs to Regrow Limbs. It’s a Step Toward Human ‘Regeneration’
Post by: rangerrebew on November 09, 2018, 02:02:28 pm

Scientists Got Adult Frogs to Regrow Limbs. It’s a Step Toward Human ‘Regeneration’
By Roni Dengler | November 6, 2018 12:06 pm
 

Scientists got African clawed frogs, similar to this one, to regrow limbs in the lab. (Credit: D. Kucharski K. Kucharska/shutterstock)

Millions of people live with amputated limbs that are gone forever. But that might not be the case in the future. For the first time, scientists have shown that adult frogs can regrow amputated legs. They say the approach can work in humans, too. “There is no reason that human bodies can’t regenerate,” said Tufts University biologist Michael Levin, who led the new research.

“This is the first proof-of-principle of a roadmap for regenerative therapy in human medicine, well beyond limbs,” he added. “Many problems — from birth defects to traumatic injury, aging and even cancer — could be solved if we understood how to induce organs to regrow in place.”

Regrowing Limbs
 
 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/06/frogs-show-possibility-regrow-human-limbs/#.W-WTZOJRe6Y (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/06/frogs-show-possibility-regrow-human-limbs/#.W-WTZOJRe6Y)