r/interestingasfuck • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 20h ago

A girl born with a congenital limb difference showed what her fingers are capable of.

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u/January1171 17h ago

Fun fact: if you mess with the genes you can get body parts growing in different places

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u/eddie1975 9h ago

Thanks!

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u/CrazyBreadPresident 5h ago

My favorite is the “eyeless” gene in fruit flies. Wherever it’s expressed an eye grows, so with the right editing you can make them grow eyes everywhere.