Sentences with phrase «blastema formation»

Knowing that blastema formation is a key part of limb regeneration in animals with this capability as adults, researchers Benjamin L King and Voot P Yin looked at three regenerative species — the zebrafish, axolotl and the bichir — with the aim of finding out what genes control this event.

To me it's surprising but also revealing, as it tells us that if we want to manipulate or enhance blastema formation in a non-regenerative system we now have the key ingredients that have been favored during evolution as being critically important.

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The formation of a blastema is the critical first step in the regeneration process.

In particular, the scientists studied the formation of a mass of cells called a blastema that serves as a reservoir for regenerating tissues.