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anticensoryesterday at 6:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

The trick is to make regeneration fast enough to heal the wound without making fast enough to cause cancer. Maybe even supported by provisional fibrosis.


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ck_oneyesterday at 7:13 PM

Does that mean zebra fish with their ability to regrow the retina get cancer at a higher rate?

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malfistyesterday at 8:55 PM

Whoa, sounds like your recommending some sort of healing mechanism like those human animals have