Thissuperpowerisknownas a healingfactor, andit's linkedtotheirstatusasmutants. Beforeyoucomeforme, I knowthatDeadpoolis a mutateinthecomics, butwe'retalkingaboutmovieDeadpooltoday.
TheECMisessentially a scaffoldthatprovidessupportandstructure, butitalsoplaysanimportantroleincellgrowthandtissuerepair. Researchersaretryingtoaccuratelyrecreateitwithbiomaterialsordonororgansandtissues.
Theynotonlyregrowanentirebodyfromjustanarm, but a nervoussystem, too. Sinceregeneratingbraincellsisrare, scientiststook a closerlookathowithappensanddiscoveredthatinjuredstarfishexpress a genethatreactivatedmechanismsusedduringdevelopment.
Differentkindofgenes, Grieg, butgoodtoknowyoueatgenes, I guess. Forinstance, somescientistsaredeveloping a drugthatcanstop a certaingenefrompreventingtoothgrowth.
Okay, Animator, TriangleBobisjust a triangleatthispoint, socanwegethimsomehelp? Whileit's goingtotake a whilebeforeyoucanregrowyourhandovernight, youmaybe a lotcloserthanyouthink.