Possibility to self-regenerate human body parts lost by humans

ByIwishmynamewasmarsha

Have the ability to regenerate part of the lost bodyanimalThere are ongoing research to elucidate its mechanism. The University of Washington shares many of the same genes as humans and has self-renewal abilityGiboshi ShishiAnd we are exploring ways to utilize its regeneration mechanism for human beings.

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Giboshimushi is an animal in the mud of the sea floor, characterized by an elongated body like an earthworm. However, the biggest feature is the ability to completely regenerate the cut body part.


The research team conducted an experiment to observe the progress by cutting one giboshi shi half. The part with the tail cut in half becomes the image below, the square part becomes the part where it was cut.


When you cut up the cut part, you can see inside the fold-like body.


The state after 5 days from the beginning of the experiment is kore. The wound is obstructed, white spherical objects are being regenerated. This is the head of Giboshi Shigeru, it is said that it contains mouth and nose.


Almost all of the head was restored after 15 days from the start of the experiment. It seems that neural tube can be confirmed in the head, nervous system and internal organs function restored as it was.


The research team analyzes the gene expression pattern when Giboshimushi reproduces the body. Gene expression is the process by which gene information is transformed into cell structure and function. Giboshimushi can be the first mouth of digestive organs during body formationHaraguchiIs classified as a new animal to become an anus that 8600 genotypes of Giboshi Shimushi are shared among new mouth animals by the research of the Okinawa Institute of Science and TechnologyDiscovereddoing. This new mouth animal contains vertebrate animals including humans and if you know how the gene of Giboshimushi with the same genes as humans is converted to the newly created body part, There is a possibility that it can be used for human beings.

Professor Billy Swahlah who led the experiment said, "I believe that human beings are potentially equipped with regenerative ability and are unable to demonstrate their ability to regenerate by some kind of force.If human beings have the same gene as Giboshi Shishi I believe that it is possible to regenerate damaged body parts if we can elucidate its gene expression. "