why our skin and liver, the largest organs in our body, regenerate but other organs can’t?

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why our skin and liver, the largest organs in our body, regenerate but other organs can’t?

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There is a strong link between regeneration and cancer. You can even think of cancer as regeneration gone horribly wrong.

In vertebrates, adaptations for tumor suppression act against regeneration. This may indicate that inability to regenerate organs and the process of aging provided an evolutionary advantage.

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