Tufts undergraduate leads research in a discovery with implications for understanding regeneration,wound repair, and diagnostic strategiesMEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, or Mass. (October 9,2018)In research that extends knowledge about the physiology of regeneration and wound repair, Tufts University biologists acquire discovered that amputation of one limb is immediately reflected in the bioelectric properties of the contralateral, or opposing,un-damaged limb of developing frogs. The sample of bioelectric depolarization in the un-injured leg is directly correlated to the position and type of injury, indicating that information about damage to tissues is available to their symmetrical counterparts within about 30 seconds of injury.
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