Many reptiles have the ability to regrow limbs. like the leopard gecko can regrow its tail. there is on special animal can regrow heart tissue. the red spotted newt has the regenerating ability to heal its heart after it has a heart attack.when the newts heart has damages its heart cells that were not damaged will divide rapidly, and rebuilt the damaged heart. regenerating heart tissue is different than regrowing a limb. the heart is complicated and has to be repaired faster than a leg. the newt may be one of many animals that has the unique talent of regrowing heart tissue.
I think this article was interesting. i didn't know animals had the ability to regrow heart cells. this was fascinating i only thought lizards could regrow tails. i personally wish humans could regrow heart cells so that after the had a heart attack they could heal themselves. maybe the newts heart cells could help with people and cure heart disease and help with other related heart issues.
the impact this will have on the world is that it will help doctors and scientist help people. this could be the answer to ending cancer for all i know. newts are amazing animals and are the first to be recognized for regenerating heart cells.
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This is incredible! It's extremely fascinating to learn the lengths that organisms will go to in order to survive. I wonder how long it takes them to regrow heart tissue, can that even be tested? It would definitely take a shorter time than growing a leg because they can live longer without a leg than they can without a heart. I think your idea of scientists using newts' heart cells to help/cure heart disease and other heart related problems is really interesting. Scientists have used animals to help with other problems in the past, so this could lead to something really amazing in the future.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great blog post! I had absolutely no idea that newts could regrow heart tissue! I just always thought that they could only regrow their limbs.