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![New Arm](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/AEMH2QBKHAJ47XF7CRSETCPXSA.jpg?w=1000)
This article explains a theoretical limb regeneration process being developed by bioengineer Michael Levin. Read our profile of him here.
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![Gene Trigger](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/I5RBDMPEOBBLBREWMALFP73K2A.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
This article was originally published in the January/February 2017 issue of Popular Science, under the title “How To Grow An Arm.”