Dr. Karen Echeverri: Regenerate Arms? Spinal Cords? | Critically Speaking Podcast

MBL Associate Scientist Karen Echeverri discusses axolotls and the science of regeneration on a recent episode of the Critically Speaking Podcast.

Most organisms have ways to fix a wound. But what about regenerating missing tissues or limbs after that wound has healed? What about crippling spinal cord injuries?  Well, today we'll hear about the process of wound healing and subsequent regeneration, and how findings in lower organisms can help us to understand and enhance regeneration in humans. In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. Karen Echeverri discuss what happens when you get a wound, the role the immune system plays in regeneration, and the difference between vertebrate and invertebrate regeneration. They also discuss how regeneration shows up differently in axolotls, zebrafish, and even humans.

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