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Interesting. Why do you think it's not being done?

• timonoko 3y ago
  Dont know. Few years back there was even talk about growing new fingers by preventing the growth of scarring tissue. What ever happened to that project?
  • ecuaflo 3y ago
    Longaker lab is at the forefront of anti-scarring from what I know with their verteporfin research around blocking engrailed 1 gene expression during wound healing to prevent fibrosing and encourage perfect wound healing. They’ve only done it on skin though, haven’t seen anything about fingers or limbs
  • fractallyte 3y ago
    The tip of my finger was cut off a few months ago in an accident. Treatment consisted of a breathable dressing which sealed the fingertip around the stump, thereby prevented it from drying out and scarring. It was very smelly and messy for a few weeks, but it worked - my fingertip grew back. It's a bit deformed (because the emergency doctor gave me a 'manicure' before dressing the wound), but it's there. Lots of results on Google if you search for "fingertip regeneration". Otherwise, I can provide academic/medical references.
    • raisedbyninjas 3y ago
      I'd read that children could regrow fingertips. This article suggests that just having the base of the fingernail is what's needed. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/1903854...