{"id":195747,"date":"2024-09-06T01:22:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/why-cant-humans-regenerate-body-parts-weve-got-the-genes"},"modified":"2024-09-06T01:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:22:43","slug":"why-cant-humans-regenerate-body-parts-weve-got-the-genes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/why-cant-humans-regenerate-body-parts-weve-got-the-genes","title":{"rendered":"Why can\u2019t humans regenerate body parts? We\u2019ve got the genes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-cant-humans-regenerate-body-parts-weve-got-the-genes3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of our closest invertebrate cousins, like this Acorn worm, have the ability to perfectly regenerate any part of their body that\u2019s cut off \u2014 including the head and nervous system. Humans have most of the same genes, so scientists are trying to work out whether human regeneration is possible, too.<\/p>\n<p>Regeneration \u2013 now that\u2019d be a nice superpower to have. Injure an arm? Chop it off and wait for it to grow back. Dicky knee? Ingrown toenail? Lop off your leg and get two for one!<\/p>\n<p>It sounds ridiculous, but there\u2019s a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/newt-regenerate-limbs\/42586\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">growing<\/a> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/genetic-instruction-manual\/44786\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">number<\/a> of <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/dna-sequence-muscle-regeneration\/42679\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">scientists<\/a> that believe body part regeneration is not only possible, but achievable in humans. After all, not only are there plenty of animals that can do it, we can do it ourselves for our skin, nails, and bits of other organs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our closest invertebrate cousins, like this Acorn worm, have the ability to perfectly regenerate any part of their body that\u2019s cut off \u2014 including the head and nervous system. Humans have most of the same genes, so scientists are trying to work out whether human regeneration is possible, too. Regeneration \u2013 now that\u2019d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}