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Toes regrow with the help of cells at the base of the nail

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Toes regrow with the help of cells at the base of the nail
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Cells at the base of the nail are key to regeneration of missing digit tips.


Black and white image of an uninjured digit tip section

Tissue at the base of a mouse’s toe nail can develop into growth cells. Credit: N. Mahmud et al./Cell Rep.

Mice whose toe tips have been removed regrow them with the help of signature genes in cells in the base of the nail1.

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Nature 613, 219 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04497-4

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