regenerate
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Skeletal muscle has an exceptional ability to regenerate, yet cancers that begin in muscle tissue are relatively uncommon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Once adult teeth are lost, they’re not replaced – unlike sharks, which continually regenerate teeth throughout life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
I’m not a hermit, but I live in Wales, and I’m trying to regenerate the land and all this stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I need to make progress and I need to regenerate oxygen.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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According to new research, published in Nature Communications, the researchers found that, when C. longifissura regenerates, a genetic factor that takes part in the acoel regeneration also controls how the algae inside of them reacts.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Bamboo grows faster than eucalyptus and regenerates like a weed.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
At the end of an actor's tenure as the Doctor, the character "regenerates" with somebody else then taking on the extra-terrestrial role.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
When I ask about jararanko, he says “the lizard has a healing property that is astringent—it absorbs bruises and regenerates fractures or fissures.”
From National Geographic ● Oct. 26, 2023
Japan’s high rainfall also ensures that its forest regenerates quickly after logging.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The researchers tested the regenerated material under conditions intended to reproduce the stresses teeth experience in daily life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Brittin added that the show had "regenerated multiple times in its 60-plus year history" and would "do so again".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
That gives it the right to exist and flourish, to be restored, regenerated and respected.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
"We regenerated what you would expect to see at that level of injury," Muneoka said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
My father was happy and full of life, regenerated by talk of the coming summer and moving to California.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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These trees "need natural disturbances such as fires," according to the government department Environment Canada, but suffer from repeated, intense fires that prevent them from regenerating.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
And instead of a knee or hip replacement, you could get new bone and joint treatments designed to reverse physical decline entirely by regenerating tissue in damaged joints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The most recent season concluded with a cliffhanger, with the Fifteenth Doctor regenerating into a form resembling Rose Tyler, the companion portrayed by Billie Piper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Scientists observed similar problems in mice when SP6 and SP8 were missing from regenerating digits.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
We sit in the dark cavern of stairs, giving ourselves time like we are a starfish regenerating an arm and learning how to move again.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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