Incredible salamander enzyme that could one day let humans regrow organs and limbs

'Coagulation sets in instantly,' scientist Björn Menger told Germany‘s Spiegel magazine this week. 'You can almost watch the healing process happening.'They can even grow back sections of their brains and spinal columns, raising hopes that disabled people might one day be able to walk if such feats can be copied.

Amputees could regenerate limbs and organs thanks to scientists who have come close to discovering how salamanders grow back lost legs and damaged organs. Axolotl salamanders are now going under the knife - while anaesthetised - in experiments at the Hanover Medical School in Germany. The hope is one day for their genes to be transplanted to people who lose limbs and organs only to see them re-grow.

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This could be of interest too .

Harvard scientists reverse the aging process in mice , and it might also be safe for humans !

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Harvard scientists were surprised that they saw a dramatic reversal, not just a slowing down, of the ageing in mice. Now they believe they might be able to regenerate human organs in mice, reactivating the enzyme telomerase led to the repair of damaged tissues and reversed the signs of ageing.
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http://reinep.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/harvard-scientists-reverse-the-ageing-process-in-mice-and-it-might-also-be-safe-for-humans/