First, they amputated the right hindleg of 115 frogs . The frogs were then placed into one of three groups. Those in the first group wore a BioDome over the wound site that had been loaded with a cocktail of five drugs known to help cells regenerate. Frogs in the second group wore BioDomes without the drug cocktail and the third group received no treatment at all. The frogs that wore a BioDome did so for one day, after which it was removed.
The researchers tracked limb growth for 18 months. By the end, frogs that received a BioDome containing the drug cocktail regrew legs with digit-like structures at the end. Each frog could use its new leg to stand on, swim and push off walls.Further investigation showed that the new legs carried nerves, blood vessels and bone in patterns similar to those seen in the original legs.
The frogs in the other two groups formed a slender, non-structured flap of tissue called a “spike” at the amputation site. The frogs that wore a BioDome that lacked the drug cocktail grew slightly longer spikes than the untreated frogs. Levin says the work is exciting and represents the first time that this combination of drugs has been used to trigger limb regeneration.
This just reads creepy...
STEGGIEZAURUS
Relax frogs, the regenerative cocktail contains just a pinch of MSG (maybe some butter & spices). It isn't as though we intend to harvest, regrow, and again hack off your legs endlessly for use in fine French restaurants.🐸
How bad did that hurt?
Is this equivalent to lizards/iguanas growing their tails back? -or better because of the regenerative nerves
That's good to know. Now we just need to convince every frog to carry the equivalent of an epi-pen, just in case, eh?
excellent news for frogs’ legs farming industry for cuisse de grenouilles, watch them train.
Who writes this stuff? Without NERVES, muscles, bones, tissue and all else in legs it's not a leg.
Is it a squashed frog?
we wanna go for a long walk after spinal cord complete injury we want promising successful treatment available for us give us treatment or death instead of life God grant us
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