Gene Boost for Healing Humans

The ScotsmanMarch 16, 2010

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HUMANS and other mammals may have a dormant ability to regenerate parts of their body in the same way as hydra, flatworms and newts, new research suggests.

A gene, p21, may hold the key to spontaneous healing. In laboratory experiments, mice engineered to lack the gene were able to renew surgically removed tissue so no trace of injury remained.

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Gene Boost for Healing Humans

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