Huffington Post reports on limb regeneration research conducted by GSBSE scientists
Huffington Post reported on research conducted by scientists from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine’s Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering that found a key genetic element shared by animals with regenerative abilities. The study, published in the journal PLOS One by Benjamin King and Viravuth Yin, found three evolutionary distant species have important similarities in their microRNA — small RNA molecules that regulate elements of gene expression — which may be vital to their regenerative abilities, according to the article. The researchers said they hope this information will inspire more studies on limb regeneration and, perhaps, one day be applied to humans, the article states.