That would be great! If the U.S. gives grants for this discovery and they find the answer, the regenerated limbs should be given free to the soldiers that were doing as ordered by their country.
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Mammals can't naturally regenerate limbs or digits beyond the fetal stage. Amphibians like salamanders and newts, however, can regrow limbs, eyes and even spinal cords. So the scientists are on a hunt for the molecular signals responsible for controlling that regenerative ability.
"We're looking for what genes get turned on and off to make one regenerative and one not," Badylak said. "We can regenerate as a fetus. We know the potential is there, but it's a matter of unlocking that potential (in adults)."
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I could use a real knee again!
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