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Re:Our closest worm kin regrow body parts, raising hopes of ... by PeterisP on Saturday December 03, 2016 @06:19AM (#13095296)
That's not how it works. For your finger to be capable of regeneration, the relevant genes would have to be in all your cells beforehand.

Advanced genetic engineering can be used to ensure that particular genes get activated only in the presence of some molecule that isn't naturally present in humans, so it would happen only if you take that particular drug; but it would still be applicable only to "newly built" humans e.g. as part of in vitro fertilization, not as something that can be applied to adults.

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