Will humans be able to regrow limbs like the 'Tiger beetle'?

For the first time, scientists have deciphered the entire gene of axolotl, a salamander capable of regenerating many body parts after an injury.

Can people regrow their hands, feet, and regenerate damaged parts? The vision sounds like only the Scarabbug Tiger in the Dragon Balls manga is coming closer to us than ever before.

According to Futurism, after decoding the entire genome of axolotl , researchers from the University of Kentucky hope to apply the strange properties of this salamander to humans. Specifically, this Mexican salamander can regenerate the missing limbs, or heal the damaged skin on its own.

This cute axolotl salamander has the ability anyone wants: regenerating damaged parts.(Photo: Wiki).

"It's hard to find things they can't replicate: From limbs, tails, spinal cord, eyes, and even the retina in some species. We also saw half of the brain's process of regeneration." them, " said researcher Randal Randal Voss.

The interpretation of the human genome used to be a major accomplishment, but compared to the axolotl genome, human DNA is still 10 times shorter. The research team therefore resorted to new techniques.

"Just a few years ago, no one thought that they could decode genomes more than 30 GB," said biologist Jeramiah Smith, "Now we have many effective and easy methods. "This also opens the possibility that decoding of large genome animals will occur more often."

The team also hopes that understanding the genome after decoding of axolotl will help medicine in the future.

"We can now get into the genome information chain, find out what makes this salamander strange. Hopefully one day we will be able to turn the information we get become useful for human therapies, the potentials may not be fully exploited for each part of the body, " said Voss.

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