Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that may one day help humans regrow lost limbs. By identifying powerful “SP genes” involved in regeneration, researchers discovered that disabling these genes stopped proper bone regrowth in salamanders and mice. They then used a gene therapy inspired by zebrafish biology to partially restore regeneration in mice, marking a major step toward future treatments that could replace damaged limbs with living tissue instead of prosthetics.
I can’t remember author or short story name, but this evoked the memory of having read a short story I read some three decades or so ago who had vaginas surgically created all over his wife’s body, including several on her face, then invited his friends over to for orgies with her. I don’t recall much else about it either, except her sadness and his ultimate disgust with her, even she merely acquiesced; and in some ways, it sort of reminds me of the orisha who cut off her ear to secure the devotion of her beloved, and found herself banished from him.
I can’t remember author or short story name, but this evoked the memory of having read a short story I read some three decades or so ago who had vaginas surgically created all over his wife’s body, including several on her face, then invited his friends over to for orgies with her. I don’t recall much else about it either, except her sadness and his ultimate disgust with her, even she merely acquiesced; and in some ways, it sort of reminds me of the orisha who cut off her ear to secure the devotion of her beloved, and found herself banished from him.