regenerate
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To investigate how neutrophils influence healing, the researchers studied larval zebrafish, which are able to regenerate damaged spinal cords.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
In NBC’s “Heroes,” Panettiere played cheerleader Claire Bennet, who had the ability to regenerate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The discovery was made in planarian flatworms, small aquatic animals known for their extraordinary ability to regenerate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
An advanced science student at Bronx High School of Science, he tried to regenerate neurons destroyed by disease as a school science project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Happy hour was a good place to bray, to regenerate courage, and to be infected with the enthusiasm of other men who lived to fly.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
The carbamates -- compounds with a range of uses in industry, agriculture and medicine -- are released during the water immersion that regenerates the MOF's pristine structure, making it reusable for ongoing carbon capture.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 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
He regenerates a good fifty yards behind me, with a new life bar.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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Panettiere gave a likeably sparky performance as Claire, a cheerleader who regenerated if she was physically harmed, and who was at the heart of the show's "save the cheerleader, save the world" premise.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
That gives it the right to exist and flourish, to be restored, regenerated and respected.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Although the regenerated tissues were not exact matches to the original anatomy, the researchers successfully restored all of the major structures that had been removed during amputation, including bone, tendon, ligament, and joint tissue.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Additional testing showed the regenerated tissue was hyaline cartilage, the type needed for healthy joint function, rather than the less effective fibrocartilage.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
This xenograft, as it’s called, would stay in place until the underlying tissue had regenerated enough to supply blood to the skin graft.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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I’m learning that regenerating sometimes is just being quiet and letting ideas percolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"But rather than simply protecting DNA, TRF2 seems to be key to regenerating muscle throughout life."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
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
This was as a result of feral goats who ate every tree seedling which then prevented the forest from regenerating.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Evil was always here, regenerating, bubbling under the surface.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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