Kathy Gillen

Jan 21, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Freya R Beinart |Kathy Gillen

1 INTRODUCTION Regeneration, the remarkable biological phenomenon allowing organisms to replace or repair damaged or lost tissues, occurs in a wide spectrum of capabilities across the animal kingdom. The extent to which animals can regenerate generally decreases in more complex organisms, and may vary through developmental stages or anatomical locations within a species (Zhao et al., 2016). For example, mammals typically exhibit limited regenerative abilities.

Jun 11, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Kathy Gillen |Kenyon College |Freya R Beinart

AbstractAnimals vary in their ability to replace body parts lost to injury, a phenomenon known as restorative regeneration. Uncovering conserved signaling steps required for regeneration may aid regenerative medicine. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are necessary for proper regeneration in species across a wide range of taxa, but it is unknown whether ROS are essential for annelid regeneration.