If we make skin and muscle cells when we heal cuts and heal/generate bones after breaking them, why wouldn’t we be able to grow a finger if one is cut off?
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Some vertebrates (some salamanders) can regenerate limbs. I knew someone years ago who was researching salamander reproduction precisely so they could raise them in the lab to study this.
But one political party has long sought to build themselves up by tearing others down. My friend’s research lost their funding in response to [this political pressure.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece_Award?wprov=sfti1)
Sadly, this continues. [Senators like Ron Paul](https://www.science.org/content/article/rand-paul-takes-poke-us-peer-review-panels) and [Senator Ron Johnson](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/06/28/wisconsin-senator-ron-johnson-promotes-views-odds-science/7418058002/) among others in public office have a weird obsession with being the only smart person, and will do stupid things to prove it, like insist that all science is wasting money because they don’t understand it, even when they haven’t tried.
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