Ready for a real life Lizard...erm...Salamander?

Ready for a real life Lizard...erm...Salamander?

Scientists are making progress on a very Curt Connors-like study, attempting to use animal genes to help humans regrow lost limbs.

By TheSchemer - Dec 06, 2010 09:12 AM EST
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Source: U.K. Daily Mail

Here is the article, interesting stuff:

"Amputees could regenerate limbs and organs thanks to scientists who have come close to discovering how salamanders grow back lost legs and damaged organs. Axolotl salamanders are now going under the knife - while anaesthetised - in experiments at the Hanover Medical School in Germany. The hope is one day for their genes to be transplanted to people who lose limbs and organs only to see them re-grow."


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