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Why Can’t Humans Regenerate Body Parts? We’ve Got the Genes

posted by on Friday December 02 2016, @03:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the it-works-for-wolverine dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Some of our closest invertebrate cousins, like this Acorn worm, have the ability to perfectly regenerate any part of their body that's cut off - including the head and nervous system. Humans have most of the same genes, so scientists are trying to work out whether human regeneration is possible, too.

Regeneration – now that'd be a nice superpower to have. Injure an arm? Chop it off and wait for it to grow back. Dicky knee? Ingrown toenail? Lop off your leg and get two for one!

It sounds ridiculous, but there's a growing number of scientists that believe body part regeneration is not only possible, but achievable in humans. After all, not only are there plenty of animals that can do it, we can do it ourselves for our skin, nails, and bits of other organs.

Perhaps humans don't regrow body parts because, unlike worms, they have an idea 'how much that stings.'

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  • (Score: 2) by rob_on_earth on Friday December 02 2016, @09:16AM

    by rob_on_earth (5485) on Friday December 02 2016, @09:16AM (#435869) Homepage

    Just google i.....

    crap! non of the phrases in that post produce even a hint at a real text.

    Anyone got a source?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @09:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @09:42AM (#435874)

    I did JFGI
    sigh.

  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday December 02 2016, @11:12AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Friday December 02 2016, @11:12AM (#435888) Journal
    DuckDuckGo didn't produce any results.

    Google produced a link to the 2016 Democratic Primary Debate as he top hit.

    Bing produced a link to Meryl Streep's Wikipedia page as the top hit.

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