Now, a team at Northeastern University has unraveled a key piece of this biological puzzle. In a study, the researchers reveal an elegant molecular mechanism that acts like a GPS coordinate system for regenerating cells.
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To unpick this mystery, the researchers focused on a cluster of stem cells that form at the wound site after a limb is lost in animals like the axolotl that are capable of regeneration.
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