In the News – Humans Regrowing Body Parts
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Snippet from the article: Researchers have found that the gene p21 appears to block the healing power still enjoyed by some creatures including amphibians but lost through evolution to all other animals. By turning off p21, the process can be miraculously switched back on. Academics from The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia found that mice lacking the p21 gene gain the ability to regenerate lost
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