Digit regeneration is expedited in LG/J healer mice compared to SM/J non-healer mice

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Limb loss resulting from disease or trauma affects an estimated 185,000 Americans annually, significantly reducing their quality of life. Consequently, successful attempts to regrow missing appendages could substantially improve the prognosis for amputees. In mice, the digit tip spontaneously regenerates resected tissues following distal amputation, whereas this capacity diminishes at more proximal levels after...

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