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Amputated ‘finger’ tips grow back

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This photo shows the tip of a mouse toe, good as new five weeks after amputation.  Researchers have pinpointed that stem cells at the base of the nail are responsible for the regrowth. Credit: Ito Lab

Both toenails and toe tips grew back in mice, thanks to special ‘stem’ cells living beneath the nails

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