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Is thyroid capable to regenerate? sometimes?
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The thyroid is: considered to be a non-regenerative organ. However, there have been reports of follicular ad other cells of the thyroid seeming to proliferate or grow in response to the elimination of hormone producing tissue when a partial thyroidectomy (removal of gland) is done. The question of whether these would be truly regenerative, functioning cells is unanswered.
Answered 11/28/2017
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