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Slow Regeneration


name       Rebecca
status     student
age        13

Question - Are there any known substances that slow or
increase the  rate of regeneration of starfish appendages?


Yes there are quite a few...temperature is the most simple and there are a
whole cadre of drugs...and plant alkaloids.

PF
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