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<blockquote>We may be only a decade or two away from a day when we can regenerate body parts  <ref name= « findingdulcinea »>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>We may be only a decade or two away from a day when we can regenerate body parts  <ref name= « findingdulcinea »>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref></blockquote>

Regenerative abilities in humans are currently limited to the liver and the fingertips. <ref name= »findingdulcinea »>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref> The axolotl, on the other hand, is able to regrow « limbs, jaws, skin, organs and parts of its brain and spinal chord ». <ref name= » findingdulcinea»>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref> It turns out that in mice, a single gene, designated « p21 »,  prevents the occurrence of natural regeneration. <ref name=pnas>[http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/08/1000830107.abstract]</ref> By studying the effects of this gene, scientist hope to discover how to enable humans to re-grow lost limbs.

[[Regeneration|Regenerative abilities]] in [[humans]] are currently limited to the [[liver]] and the [[finger|fingertips]]. <ref name= »findingdulcinea »>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref> The axolotl, on the other hand, is able to regrow « limbs, jaws, skin, organs and parts of its brain and spinal chord ». <ref name= » findingdulcinea»>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/june/Axolotl-Salamander-Could-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Limb-Regeneration.html]</ref> It turns out that in mice, a single gene, designated « p21 »,  prevents the occurrence of natural regeneration. <ref name=pnas>[http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/08/1000830107.abstract]</ref> By studying the effects of this gene, scientist hope to discover how to enable humans to re-grow lost limbs.

==Assumptions==

==Assumptions==

This essay is based on the Bible as the main source of knowledge concerning the universe and human origins. The following facts, coherent with Young Earth Creationism, are taken for granted:  

This essay is based on the [[Bible]] as the main source of knowledge concerning the universe and human origins. The following facts, coherent with [[Young Earth Creationism]], are taken for granted:  

*the Earth is approximately 6000 years old

*the Earth is approximately 6000 years old

*animals were created by God as baramins, of which currents « species » are the descendants

*animals were created by God as baramins, of which currents « species » are the descendants