Whitechapel - Single gene deletion allows mice to regenerate Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35:47 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Single gene deletion allows mice to regenerate http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=225399#Comment_225399 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=225399#Comment_225399 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:13:15 -0700 Kosmopolit a single gene is responsbile for mammals' inability ot regenerate limbs like reptiles and amphibians.

The gene in question (at least in mice) damps down cell division and seems ot be part of the defence mechanism agaisnt cancer.

So simply geneticly engineering people without the gene probably isn't an option.

But it may be possible to turn it off or damp down its activity in specific body parts (through RNA interference, for example). ]]> Single gene deletion allows mice to regenerate http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=226009#Comment_226009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=226009#Comment_226009 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:49:46 -0700 Labyrinthine Single gene deletion allows mice to regenerate http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=226080#Comment_226080 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7884&Focus=226080#Comment_226080 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:45:17 -0700 Rootfireember Heh. Learn something new every day. ]]>