Slate carries the story …
The regeneration of lost body parts has just moved from science fiction to U.S. military policy.
Yesterday the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which will go by the happy acronym AFIRM. According to DOD’s news service, AFIRM will “harness stem cell research and […]

Forget the prosthetics. How about regrowing your original limb?
Advances coming quickly now …
Thanks, Inri.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a key protein that helps newts regrow severed limbs and which may guide future research into human regenerative medicine.
Biologists have long been intrigued by the ability of newts and salamanders to renew damaged body parts. […]

Fascinating article here detailing some fairly advanced resurrection/resuscitation technologies. An interesting read …
Our culture is full of tales of the undead walking the Earth, from our religions to our comic books. But, some sort of zombie apocalypse isn’t actually possible, right?
Right?
Guys?
Actually, yes. It’s quite possible. Here’s five ways it could happen, according to science.
read […]

Old but nascent.
In a paper that could help bring the study of bioelectricity into the mainstream of 21st century science, Forsyth Institute researchers have identified a protein that serves as a natural source of regenerative electricity. By manipulating the protein, an ion transporter, they were able to induce frog tadpoles to regrow tails at a […]