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Limb regeneration through bioelectric signals [1] [2], like calling an API of the damaged cells to start the reconstruction.

[1] "Diverse Intelligence" - a talk by Michael Levin, https://youtu.be/iIQX6m2eRPY?t=3097

[2] Acute multidrug delivery via a wearable bioreactor facilitates long-term limb regeneration and functional recovery in adult Xenopus laevis, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj2164



Hopefully these types of interventions will happen sooner rather than in the far future. Levin's methods use tools that are almost 'conventional' now in biotech and neuroscience. If they will work for organ regeneration etc, then it should be a matter of engineering to put them to use.




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