# Scientists Identify Gene That Helps Salamanders Regrow Limbs

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By Kristen Philipkoski November 27, 2007 | 8:00:00

> University of Montreal researchers have identified a gene that allows limb regeneration in the axolotl, a salamander that lives in Mexican lakes.

This is awesome. I want to be able to grow a new set of lungs for when mine are wrecked from years of smoking.