Fingernails key to regeneration

[Deleted member 1973]

If I cut off my leg and regrow a new one,
Will I grow taller?

Are Fingernails a Key to Unlocking the Puzzle of Mammalian Limb Regeneration?
Jessica A Lehoczky. Exp Dermatol. 2017 Jun.
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Abstract
Some mammalian digit tips, including those of mice and human children, can regenerate following amputation, whereas mammalian limb regeneration does not occur. One major difference between the digit tip and the rest of the limb is the presence of the nail, which is necessary for this type of regeneration. This couples well with the finding that canonical Wnt signalling and Lgr6, an agonist of Wnt signalling that marks nail stem cells, are necessary for digit tip regeneration. This viewpoint essay discusses the role of the nail in digit tip regeneration and explores whether nail stem cells and their presumptive niche can be solely accountable for why regeneration is possible in the digit tip, but not the rest of the limb.

 

[Chadelite]

Yes just grow bro

 

[Vidyacoper]

cut off your limbs in the hopes that they may regenerate longer theory

 

[Age of Empires]

do it in the name of science

if you cut off your head , maybe you will regrow another one with better bones

 

[Patient A]

Yes bro

 

[Deleted member 4053]

sounds legit might try idk lol

 

[Epitaph]

Yes vro.

Your limbs and figernails are made of the exact same tissue no joke indeed

 

[Incoming]

@Disabledcel

 

[Deleted member 399]

One thing to note here is that nail growth doesn't stop, so the nails keep getting bigger and bigger. I wouldn't want to have that kind of continuous growth for an indefinite period of time when it comes to my limbs.


I'd like a way to regenerate the growth plates in our knees so that we can get taller in adulthood as well. This shouldn't be so difficult. There's just not enough money being directed at this research.

 

[Deleted member 6095]

Do some research on the reversal of the epigenome, and limb regeneration experiments in mice. It's been done already. Watch the Veritasium video on it:

 

[bossman]

me and nobel prize winning Shinya Yamanaka are at the forefront of heightmaxxing using genetically engineered iPS cells