https://peertube.lagbag.com/videos/watch/a9ca496e-2f22-4ee2-997f-fd83b1d92d31 Go to https://surfshark.com/curiousbirb or use code CURIOUSBIRB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! 0:00 Intro 1:10 Who is Professor Levin? 3:14 Picasso Frogs? 10:30 Immortal Two Headed Worms 15:03 Can We Regrow Limbs? 21:13 The Future of Biomedicine I post behind the scenes research and additional fun details that didn't make it into each video on my Patreon. This is the best way to support the research, writing and time that goes into the channel. Thank you for watching and enjoying the videos! Patreon: https://patreon.com/ACuriousBirb Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3243095/ - Frog Eyes (2012) - Transmembrane voltage potential controls embryonic eye patterning in Xenopus laevis https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3587383/ - Frog Eyes (2013) The eyes can see! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6234102/ - Planarian Worm - Planarian Regeneration as a Model of Anatomical Homeostasis: Recent Progress in Biophysical and Computational Approaches (2018) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5443973/ - Long-Term, Stochastic Editing of Regenerative Anatomy via Targeting Endogenous Bioelectric Gradients (2017) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4048089/ - Endogenous bioelectrical networks store non-genetic patterning information during development and regeneration (2014) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5753428/ Bioelectric Signaling - Bioelectric Signaling in Regeneration: Mechanisms of Ionic Controls of Growth and Form (2019) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4661923/ - Gap Junctional Blockade Stochastically Induces Different Species-Specific Head Anatomies in Genetically Wild-Type Girardia dorotocephala Flatworms (2015) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6317729/ - Frog leg regeneration (2018) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8791464/#R33 - Acute multidrug delivery via a wearable bioreactor facilitates long-term limb regeneration and functional recovery in adult Xenopus laevis - PMC - Frog leg regeneration (2022) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910837117 - Xenobots - A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms (2020) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2112672118 - Xenobots Replicating - Kinematic self-replication in reconfigurable organisms (2021) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3634644/ - Cancer Part 1 (2013) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4991402/ - Cancer Part 2 (2016) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10478168/ - Conceptual Framework - Endogenous Bioelectric Signaling Networks: Exploiting Voltage Gradients for Control of Growth and Form (2017) Interesting Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-levin-regenerative-medicine/id1676100611?i=1000640559908 https://lifespan.io/michael-levin-on-bioelectricity-in-development-and-aging/ Excellent Interview by 632nm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6EFV2gSSmg&t=3096s https://youtube.com/@632nmPodcast Professor Levin's Channel! https://youtube.com/@drmichaellevin This video uses images and illustrations from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and other Creative Commons sources. Unless otherwise stated, all images have been cropped, zoomed, or otherwise modified for video presentation. Full image credits (including authors, licenses, and source links) are available here: FULL IMAGE CREDITS – https://1drv.ms/w/c/d2863ccf42cb2eac/IQBnQD9ynbalTIVFHn3c1zY9AbG2pTLdATbw1nvXx91FzFo?e=ml2PLj Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:49:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.lagbag.com https://peertube.lagbag.com/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.lagbag.com/videos/watch/a9ca496e-2f22-4ee2-997f-fd83b1d92d31 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.lagbag.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.