Limb Regeneration Could Be A Reality Within 10 Years

With recent leaps in understanding of regenerative properties in animals that are able to regenerate limbs, biologists are now saying that limb regeneration could be a reality within the next 10 years! Read what they're saying about it.

From Inquisitr:

“Fifteen years ago we would have said 50 years, but it could be as soon as 10 years from now,” said Ken Poss, a cell biologist at Duke University.

Cracking the secret genetic code to limb regeneration would indeed be awesome, and the applications stretch farther than you’d think. If you could regrow a faulty of lost organ in your body, there’d no longer be any need for transplant lists, organ donors and long waits.

Furthermore, there’d be limited or no worry of transplant rejection or infection. Additionally, regrowing limbs lost in accidents or even by wounded soldiers could, hypothetically, reduce healthcare and physical rehabilitation costs, not to mention the emotional relief it would provide patients grappling the loss of a limb.

Like we said, the possibilities are endless. But some scientists are saying don’t get too excited yet. “We can envision using the knowledge to promote organs or tissue to grow,” said Elly Tanaka, at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. However, “it’s dangerous to say, ‘Yes, we expect to regenerate a limb.”

 

Pretty awesome!