Scientists Identify Cell That Could Hold the Secret to Limb Regeneration
24th May 2013
Researchers have identified a cell that aids limb regrowth in Salamanders. Macrophages are a type of repairing cell that devour dead cells and pathogens, and trigger other immune cells to respond to pathogens. In humans, they’re also important to muscle repair, which led Dr. James Godwin, of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University, to research whether the macrophages found inside Salamanders are related to the animal’s ability to regenerate limbs.
But of course it will take any treatments based on this knowledge twenty years and millions of dollars to filter through the FDA, so you might as well just forget about it.