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Re: Scientists regrow chicken wing.
November 20, 2006 by Anonymous, 3 years 4 days ago
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This story makes a lot more sense with one word added:
"In this simple experiment, we removed part of the chick embryo's wing, activated Wnt signaling, and got the whole limb back - a beautiful,
delicious
and perfect wing," said the lead author, Juan Carlos Izpisa Belmonte, Ph.D., a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory.