The Future of Human Healing: Studying Regrowth & Regeneration in the Animal Kingdom

When it comes to healing, the animal kingdom possesses a wide variety of abilities. Humans utilize complex internal healing mechanisms including those related to wound healing, scarring, and skin regeneration. However, there is a significant difference between humans’ healing and the healing of, say, a salamander. If an entire limb of a salamander is cut—it will grow a new one in its place. Some worms, for another example, can even regrow a new head if theirs is severed. The most interesting healing capabilities belong to the flatworm and the sponge who can regenerate every part of their body even if only a tiny portion of them remains. In fact, upon studying healing and regeneration in the animal kingdom, scientists believe that they will better understand how humans heal and how we can improve our own healing abilities...

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• Do you think this research sounds promising?
• How do you think this research will impact both the science community and the health community?

This research sounds promising but I feel we have along way to go before we can start growing limbs.