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The article discusses regeneration and the history of its research. There is more information on the dedifferentiation process and it even approaches the ethical issues of engineering regenerative abilities in human beings.

It's all been very interesting while researching it. In response to Zack, I also didn't know how close they were to achieving this before I started this report. And to Val, it is a tad bit frightening to think what it could mean for the future, but I'm actually a little more scared of your topic, believe it or not!

Also, in case you wanted to see another route for regeneration: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/veterans-leg-muscle-regenerated-with-pig-bladder-hormones/5312 http://news.softpedia.com/news/Finger-Regenerated-Using-Pig-Bladder-Extract-84827.shtml Who would've thought, huh?

The article summarizes what scientists currently know about amphibious regenerative capabilities and directs that knowledge towards making regeneration a possibility for mammals.

This article starts by differentiating two processes of regeneration and then goes into the molecular science of regenerative abilities.

This is a website published by MIT that features a lot of developing technologies. It provides useful results that can be searched from the site.