{"id":3717,"date":"2010-10-20T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:47:50","slug":"regrowing-a-newt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/regrowing-a-newt\/","title":{"rendered":"Regrowing a Newt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some species of newts and salamanders, like the Eastern Spotted Newt, can regrow organs and even heart muscles. Scientists are studying these amphibians to learn how this works and explore ways that might make it possible for humans to use this same regenerative power. Image what kind of super hero you could be with the power to heal yourself!<\/p>\n

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The eastern Spotted Newt has the ability to regrow tissue. Its can come in handy for such a small animal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,13,409,931],"tags":[241,104],"class_list":["post-3717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amphibians-and-reptiles","category-omg_animals","category-omg-facts","category-all","tag-newt","tag-united-nations"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t