Life Sciences & Medicine Active Updated Jun 27, 2026
Switching mammal regeneration back on
Mammals scar instead of regrow, but researchers are finding the regenerative machinery is silenced rather than lost, and can sometimes be switched back on.
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Jun 27, 2026 Latest
Epigenetic editing that switches genes on and off without changing the DNA sequence entered human trials for muscular dystrophy.
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Jun 18, 2026
Researchers showed that the growth factor FGF2 can redirect scar-forming cells toward regeneration, and mice regrew bone, joint and ligament tissue.
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