Eli5: if our bodies are able to form entire human beings from scratch, why can’t it grow back organs that have been amputated?

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Eli5: if our bodies are able to form entire human beings from scratch, why can’t it grow back organs that have been amputated?

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Short answer: regrowing limbs doesn’t work on animals that live longer than stuff like lizards. The reason is that it uses similar mechanisms to cancer growth.

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