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Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs (www.wired.com)

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"In a study published in Nature Communications, the researchers reveal an elegant molecular mechanism that acts like a GPS coordinate system for regenerating cells.... the puzzle was how the cells in the regenerating limb-stump controlled their levels so precisely to know exactly where they were on the axis from shoulder to hand.”

The Nature paper:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59497-5

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It will. It’ll finally grow back now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

So this is what they meant by Jesus' second coming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you, Jesus, I needed you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Hey! I'm a grower too! Definitely not a shower.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

How did you know? I gave no hints