Re: If starfish can regenerate why aren't they immortal and also

From: William Penrose (wpenrose_at_customsensorsolutions.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:58:03 -0700

On 10 Jan 2005 02:30:28 -0600, jegga18@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(berserker) wrote:

>if they can regenerate why can't our scientists harness this
>regenerative science and use it in todays modern medicine?

It's been thought of. Lower vertebrates often do not have maximum
lifetimes. Fish that don't die of disease or predation just keep on
growin', adding new vertebrae and myotomes, but at a slower rate as
time goes on.

Invertebrates are probably similar, but in the sea, just about
everything has natural enemies.

Bill Penrose

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