RegrowingLimbs News
RegrowingLimbs News From AOL News
Discovery Could Help Humans Regrow Limbs
Mar 17th 2010 – 2:28PM
Getty Images
(March 17) -- Humans could one day regrow limbs, much like flatworms, sponges and newts, simply by flicking the off switch on a single gene. Researchers at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia have pinpointed p21 as the gene that prevents most species from regenerating tissue, bone, organs and body parts. When most...
Background on RegrowingLimbs
more at wikipedia ยป- ACLU Victory: Charges Dropped Against Denver Man Who Gave Cops The Finger
- Chinese Prisoners Forced To Play Video Games In Bizarre Scheme
- Exclusive Video: 74-Year-Old Grandma Struts Her Stuff In Lycra Outfits At Muscle Shows
- What Makes Croatia's 'Magnet Boy' So Sticky?
- Cicada Chirping Could Cause Hearing Damage
- NBA mock draft 2012: Hornets land Anthony Davis; Thomas Robinson a consolation prize for Bobcats
- Tip their hands? Gary Bettman, Donald Fehr know better
- Kings, and fans, are three wins from altered reality
- BCS source: Postseason model won't change record payout for new playoff
- Spurs rookie Kawhi Leonard rebuilds his shot, scores big in San Antonio
- Oh, Boy: Giant Baby Born In California
- Exclusive Video: 74-Year-Old Grandma Struts Her Stuff In Lycra Outfits At Muscle Shows
- Give This A Scan: Artist Gives Oprah a 'Barcode Makeover'
- Quadruple Amputee To Brave Shark-Infested Crossings Between Five Continents
- Manal Al-Sharif, 'The Rosa Parks Of Saudi Arabia', Organizes June 14 Mass-Drive Event For Wome
Also on AOL >>>
|
Top News
|
More News
|
More on Aol
|
More on Aol
|
Local News
|
More From AOL
|
Latest news, weather, health, business, sports, science, money, entertainment, world news, elections, weird news and more.
- © 2012 All Rights Reserved AOL News.
- Back to Top