tissue regeneration
Melton: The findings 'speak to the general question of why the pancreas is so inefficient at repairing itself ... and this result follows on our result of a few years ago that said there were no adult stem cells' in the pancreas. Staff file photo Justin Ide/Harvard News Office |
Stem cell research sheds light on organ regenerationThe rules governing mammalian organ repair and regeneration are so widely varied as to suggest at first glance that there are no rules: Blood has such an enormous regenerative capacity that you can literally give it away by the pint and be none the worse for wear; rip a hole in your skin and new skin will cover it; donate a portion of your liver and it will regenerate; but lose a kidney or suffer damage to your pancreas, and what's lost is lost. |
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