'miracle Mouse' Can Grow Back Lost Limbs


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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1754008,00.html

“We have experimented with amputating or damaging several different organs, such as the heart, toes, tail and ears, and just watched them regrow,†she said. “It is quite remarkable. The only organ that did not grow back was the brain.

...the ability of mice at her laboratory to regenerate appears to be controlled by about a dozen genes.

This is very interesting and holds great promise.

In theory , drugs could be designed to turn on these genes temporarily in injured individuals or the aged to facilitate healing and replacement of damaged and missing tissues.

Very similar to the hypothetical developement in Heinleins "Time Enough For Love" of regeneration and rejuvenation treatments capable of turning back the years and extending human lifespan to several times its "natural " length.

I wonder if this will get the funding it deserves and if they can get it to expand to spinal tissue etc.

How much of an organ or limb needs to remain to regenerate?

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“We have experimented with amputating or damaging several different organs, such as the heart, toes, tail and ears, and just watched them regrow,†she said. “It is quite remarkable. The only organ that did not grow back was the brain.

...the ability of mice at her laboratory to regenerate appears to be controlled by about a dozen genes.

This is very interesting and holds great promise.

In theory , drugs could be designed to turn on these genes temporarily in injured individuals or the aged to facilitate healing and replacement of damaged and missing tissues.

Very similar to the hypothetical developement in Heinleins "Time Enough For Love" of regeneration and rejuvenation treatments capable of turning back the years and extending human lifespan to several times its "natural " length.

I wonder if this will get the funding it deserves and if they can get it to expand to spinal tissue etc.

How much of an organ or limb needs to remain to regenerate?

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dang, they should have come ot witrh it sooner. then i may have toes again.

wonder if they were cross breeding with lizards? :rolleyes:

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