Stem cells drive antler regeneration

Science. 2023 Feb 24;379(6634):757-758. doi: 10.1126/science.adg9968. Epub 2023 Feb 23.

Authors

Datao Wang¹, Tomas Landete-Castillejos²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China.
² Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) e IDR, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Albacete, Spain.

PMID: 36821688
DOI: 10.1126/science.adg9968

Abstract

Understanding the rapid growth of deer antlers could have applications in medicine.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antlers* / cytology
Antlers* / physiology
Deer*
Mesenchymal Stem Cells* / physiology
Regeneration*