Regeneration in Humans

FUTURE RESEARCH
Recreating Limbs:
Regeneration of Us humans, have no intensive regenerative
properties. Humans form scars instead of
For the future research, scientists

Human Cells should research more animals to

regenerating the same exact tissue before. The only
regenerative cells humans have are within the liver.
The human liver is able to regenerate itself even
after 75% of it has been cut off. Everything other
than our liver has very limited regeneration, and
most of them cannot regenerate by themselves,
such as our internal organs. Even then, our liver is
limited because it does not grow exact copies of
itself. Though the liver can grow from just 25% of
it, it cannot regenerate indefinitely. However, some
animals can regenerate their organs indefinitely,
which we can learn from in order to regenerate
ourselves.
expand the knowledge of regeneration
in animals before regeneration
experiments in humans are ever
attempted. The three animals in this
brochure are only a few of the
hundreds of animals in the world.
There is an abundance of animals that
can regenerate, yet scientists are still
learning to find out how to regenerate
our own cells.
Sources:

Manly, D. (2011, April 13). Regeneration: The axolotl

story. Scientific American Retrieved from
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blog/regeneration-the-axolotl-story/

MITK12Videos. (2015, June 4). Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMCADO
2016-2017 JcHk

Independent
Research G/T

JACKSON DUAN

Mt. Hebron High School

Dr. Melissa Kiehl
http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/living-donor-
transplant/multimedia/img-20203816
 African Clawed Frog
Acorn Worm
Scientific Name: Xenopus Laevis
Scientific Name: Enteropneusta
Phylum: Chordata
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Amphibia
Class: Enteropneusta
Art by Slice-Wolf
Matured frogs lose the ability to regenerate
their tails The acorn worm can regenerate everything, including
its head
African Clawed Frog tadpoles are able to
Axolotl
regenerate their tails
Has a 70% genetic similarity with humans

An experiment was done in Tufts University Has an open circulatory system, which means that it
Scientific Name: Ambystoma Mexicanum secretes its blood
that found electrical signals that could incite
regeneration in tailless tadpoles Phylum: Chordata Its nervous system consists of nerves rather than a brain
like humans
Class: Amphibia

Also known as the Mexican Salamander

The Axolotl can regenerate its limbs and

spinal cord

Scientists have researched proteins and

chemicals that incite and halt cell regeneration
in the Axolotl

https://www.drawingnow.com/tutorials/119103/how-to-draw-an-african-
clawed-frog/ https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/16-chordates-others/deck/10266880