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Regenerating functional tissue across species, including salamanders and insects, relies on the ability to form a blastema, a clump of undifferentiated cells that can repair damage and grow into the missing appendage.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2023

Regenerating nerves and cells in the inner ear to boost cochlear implant performance has long been a goal of auditory scientists.

From Scientific American • Apr. 23, 2014

Regenerating a damaged heart is the "big dream, the big vision," said Dr. Charles E. Murry, a cardiovascular biologist who co-led the research published in the most recent issue of Nature.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2012

"Regenerating ruffians and drafting them into church work, eh?"

From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Brebner, Percy James

Regenerating is not too strong a word for the influence that he ascribes to it.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks