What Can the Water Monster Teach Us about Tissue Regeneration in Humans? (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

What Can the Water Monster Teach Us about Tissue Regeneration in Humans? (1 of 2)

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Salk research shows that in the axolotl, a Mexican salamander, jumping genes have to be shackled or they might move around in the genomes of cells in the tissue destined to become a new limb, and disrupt the process of regeneration.

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Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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