A new discovery from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, has brought forth a novel way to expedite tissue repair and regeneration. 

A team of scientists led by Dr Santosh Chauhan show that cells have a built-in way to revive from the brink of death. The process of revival is highly programmed and mimics developmental growth, the CSIR-CCMB said in a release on Tuesday.

The scientists demonstrated that such a revival, which they called Programmed Cell Revival, sped up skin wound healing and repaired corneal burns in mice, stimulated tail regeneration in frog tadpoles, promoted nerve repair in worms, and enhanced blood stem cell production in fruit flies. The study has been published in the EMBO Journal.