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Bone, joint and tendon regrow after amputation in mice

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Texas A&M researchers regrew bone, joint and tendon after digit amputation in mice with a two-step FGF2-then-BMP2 nudge and no added stem cells, suggesting mammalian regeneration is merely dormant rather than absent.

Reporting date: 2026-06-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Bone, joint and tendon regrow after amputation in mice
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Reporting date: 2026-06-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-20-mammalian-regeneration-is-merely-dormant
Claim: Texas A&M researchers regrew bone, joint and tendon after digit amputation in mice with a two-step FGF2-then-BMP2 nudge and no added stem cells, suggesting mammalian regeneration is merely dormant rather than absent.
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