Theminescape Podcast - I'll Never Et You

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Neo calta doesn't have a medical school either, but probably some other places do. Although if i were to position myself, i think we're still more in the base plasei research side of things. That's the fun side of things to be on. It's extremely exciting. You know, iv, once had a friend of mine whose biologist tell me that we're in the last generation of people who might die of old age, and someday will laugh it all outte. I ve enly hope it is true. T, will never et you.

Biological organisms are pretty good at healing themselves, but their abilities fall short in crucial ways. Planaria can be cut into pieces, and each piece will regrow into an entire organism; but for most advanced animals, loss of a limb becomes a permanent condition. But why should that necessarily be so, if an organism’s genome knows what it’s supposed to look like? Lea Goentoro’s lab has recently produced surprising results that indicate that it’s easier than you might think to coax animals into regenerating limbs.

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Lea Goentoro received her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University. She is currently Professor of Biology at Caltech. Her research involves how biological systems function and develop across a variety of scales, including perception, organization, and self-repair.

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