Thursday, September 20, 2012

Organ regeneration

Extracellular matrix + stem cells = regeneration. I wonder how far you can push that. Could you regrow whole limbs? How much capability for regrowth does a human adult retain, or is there something special about the prenatal environment that makes it only work once? (What happens if you try regeneration therapy on a Thalidomide child who didn't grow limbs right in the womb? Can it work correctly this time?)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/health/research/human-muscle-regenerated-with-animal-help.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www 

-Max

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Hahahahaaaa!!! That is ME laughing at YOU, cruel world.
    -Jordan Rixon

I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more.

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