Established science
Findings supported by the published scientific literature.
Regenerative medicine
The biology of regeneration.
Why can some organisms regrow damaged tissue while adult mammals largely cannot? That question drives our research.
Active research · Not a therapy
How we label evidence
Evidence, clearly labelled.
Every claim on this page sits in one of three categories.
Our research
Frameworks and hypotheses that Dimzang is proposing and investigating.
Open questions
Ideas that remain hypothetical and require experimental validation.
What nature shows us
Learning from regenerators.
Zebrafish
Zebrafish regenerate fins, heart tissue and retina throughout adult life.
Axolotl
Axolotls can regrow entire limbs and parts of the central nervous system.
Müller glia
In the fish retina, Müller glia can re-enter the cell cycle and give rise to new neurons. In mammals, this response is very limited.
Turritopsis dohrnii
This jellyfish can revert to an earlier life stage, a striking example of how flexible cell identity can be.
The mammalian gap.
Adult mammals retain some of the same cell types found in strong regenerators, yet rarely mount a regenerative response. We study the biological conditions that may explain that gap, and whether they could be changed.
First output
Müller glia preprint
Our research framework on Müller glia regeneration is being prepared as a preprint. It will be listed in the research archive once posted.
View research archiveLooking ahead
Future directions.
Cellular identity
How cells change state and respond to injury during recovery.
From observation to testing
Mapping a responsible path from hypothesis to experimental validation.