{"56459":{"#nid":"56459","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPopular Science - November 17, 2009\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStarfish, salamanders, and planarian flatworms share a seemingly magical trait: the ability to regenerate body parts they\u0027ve lost. While humans may never boast quite the same ability, scientists are perfecting ways to create different types of replacement tissue using stem cells or techniques that kick-start regrowth and development.  . . .Spinal cord injuries have typically been considered permanent because the nervous system generates dense scar tissue when it\u0027s damaged, which prevents new nerves from regrowing. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have isolated a stable version of an enzyme that digests this scar tissue over time, clearing the way for the body\u0027s natural repair mechanisms to work. \u0022Repairing spinal cord injuries is going to take a combination of therapies\u2014controlling inflammation after injury, overcoming inhibition due to scarring, and stimulating nerves,\u0022 says biomedical engineer Ravi Bellamkonda. \u0022We\u0027ve made one useful step in the direction of making it possible.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/health_medicine\/4337088.html?page=3\u0027\u003ERead Article\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"While humans may never boast quite the same ability, scientists are perfecting ways to create different types of replacement tissue using stem cells or techniques that kick-start regrowth and development.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish)"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2009-11-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56460":{"id":"56460","type":"image","title":"Spinal Cord","body":null,"created":"1449175653","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:33","changed":"1475894501","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:41","alt":"Spinal Cord","file":{"fid":"190476","name":"tfd52557.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfd52557_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfd52557_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":247869,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tfd52557_0.jpg?itok=BGNHudLD"}}},"media_ids":["56460"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"170979","name":"spinal cord injuries"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EFloyd Wood\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIBB\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=fwood3\u0022\u003EContact Floyd Wood\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["floyd.wood@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}