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What's stopping us from regrowing limbs? - Michael Levin #biology #medicine

Nature and animals

Limb regeneration is common in animals like axolotls and other amphibians, but it doesn't occur in mammals like mice and humans. Michael Levin (Tufts University) explains his early experiments in creating biodomes, which are wearable bioreactors that stimulate limb growth. The biodomes contain a gel with medicines inside to promote regrowth. Surprisingly, even the negative control, without any medicine, stimulated some level of regeneration in adult frogs. Do you think this medical technology can ever develop into something helpful for healing wounds and treating amputees? #biology #axolotl #regeneration #mouse

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megan_miller 1 week, 2 days ago

I like where this is going Professor Connors

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suzannelloyd476 1 week, 2 days ago

Taking into consideration how long bones take to heal I would say this if ever figured out will be exclusive for very young individuals

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victoire_chrétien 1 week, 2 days ago

Everytime he goes onto a podcast i pay attention for the full length like he's gicing tips for finals. Michael Levin and his colleagues are dr Connors , ask spiderman how this turns out 😂.

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revadawn74 1 week, 2 days ago

This man's research blows my mind. Brains have bioelectric maps to tell cells what tissue to become. Insane

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liabeier261 1 week, 2 days ago

Bacta tanks are about to be real science, no longer science fiction!! xD

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rafaél_gastélum 1 week, 2 days ago

Wtf that's genuinely genius

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justin_brown 1 week, 2 days ago

Now we need spiderman 😅

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amanda.knight 1 week, 2 days ago

Sounds like a Frankenstein is coming soon 😂

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hakanhenk747 1 week, 2 days ago

I hope medical reach this point soon

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robert.maldonado 1 week, 2 days ago

this is why I'm on YouTube

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maríaluisa_lemus 1 week, 2 days ago

There can be this for people, just try to make the dome be in a liquid that human body understand, the gel is different, it best would be blood as liquid. Try to drive out the blood from frogs, it will do regenerate in a empty dome.

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saanvi.sha 1 week, 2 days ago

Bacta tanks don't seem so unrealistic now

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maanaszachariah60 1 week, 2 days ago

I won’t lie , i got into a bad car accident and almost had to get my leg amputated. Tore 2 of 4 major ligaments in my knee , never thought i’d walk again. God willing my ligaments began to regrow. And yes this could be strong scar tissue but doctors said it was something they’ve never seen

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agathe_prévost 1 week, 2 days ago

If you think about it it makes total sense. Goku had to sit in that medical machine for days just to heal up.

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garry.hayes 1 week, 2 days ago

"When you have an amputation as a mouse...." Peter Pettigrew: "hm relatable."

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maríadelcarmenuribe801 1 week, 2 days ago

Infinite frog legs hack for the evil frog leg lover?

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robertvaleon36 1 week, 2 days ago

I read that information in the book "the body electric"

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zoé_rousset 1 week, 2 days ago

Great, now they're gonna farm frogs for unlimited frog's legs now 😭

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james_west 1 week, 2 days ago

“sell me this rubber cap”

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zinalsood865 1 week, 2 days ago

Guess why we should also cover and moisturize bigger wounds (its the same as the bio dome) our body can regenerate to some degree wich is still mindblowing