Serum Sparks Mammal Limb Regrowth, Hinting at Regenerative Medicine
TL;DR
Texas A&M researchers report a two-step, serum-driven process that turns local cells into a blastema and promotes limb-like regeneration in lab mice by first reducing scarring and then providing developmental signals, using resident cells rather than external stem cells; the approach could lessen scarring and broaden understanding of mammalian healing with potential human applications.
Topics:science#blastema#epimorphic-regeneration#limb-regeneration#mammals#regenerative-medicine#science
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