Examples of rapid cell regeneration

Rapid cell regeneration is the ability to regenerate cells, thereby healing at an increased rate. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One Examples

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  Chandra Suresh's files contain a folder labeled "Rapid Cellular Regeneration"...
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  ...Claire and Zach record a videotape of herself being seriously injured from an 80' fall...
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  ...she's stabbed herself in the chest, shoved a steel rod through her neck, and replaces exposed ribs...
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  ...had her hand mangled in a garbage disposal...
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  ...even running into a burning train wreck...
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  ...and doesn't get burned, and always healed completely within a few moments.
  (Genesis)
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  Accident-prone Claire is tackled on the football field, snapping her neck.
  (Don't Look Back)
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  After Brody impales Claire's head on a tree branch...
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  ...the medical examiner removed the branch from Claire's brain...
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  ...she returned to life even a full autopsy could not stop Claire from regenerating.
  (One Giant Leap)
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  Claire walked away from a crash that nearly killed Brody...
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  ...survives even the worst injuries...
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  ...noticing foreign objects must be removed.
  (Aftermath)
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  Claire heals burns on her hands after pulling a tray out of the oven with her bare hands.
  (Better Halves)
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  Lyle doesn't think twice of stapling his sister's hand.
  (Nothing to Hide)
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  Sylar forcefully tosses the cheerleader against the locker room wall, but with no lasting effect...
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  ...aferwards, at the Homecoming Dance, Peter falls off the roof of the school...
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  ...but he copies Claire's power and is able to heal himself...
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  ...though some of his wounds take longer to heal than others.
  (Homecoming)
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  After a severe accident with a glass door, Claire's lacerated hand healed itself.
  (Six Months Ago)
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  Claire jumps off the platform at the abandoned refinery again; she heals on camera, and pushes her collarbone back in place. (Godsend)
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  The Mozaic file contains information on epithelial cell regeneration.
  (The Fix)
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  After falling from Charles Deveaux's rooftop, Peter mimics Claire's regeneration to heal his wounds...
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  ...and Claire demonstrates her abilities to her birth mother by slicing her arm with a butcher knife.
  (Distractions)
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  Matt shoots Claire, trusting she will survive...
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  ...as the family gathers around her, some believing she is gone forever...
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  [...[Mrs. Bennet]] learns of her daughter's powers when Ted burns Claire's neck...
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  ...When Claire tries to sedate Ted...
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  ...the radiation seems almost unbearable...
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  ..Claire suffers massive burns...
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  ...but the charred skin regenerates...
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  ...until she is completely healed.
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  Mr. Bennet calls his daughter a "human skeleton".
  (Company Man)
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  Peter heals the cut Sylar made in his forehead...
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  ...then Sylar jams a large shard of glass into the back of Peter's head...
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  ...which temporarily kills him...
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  ...until Claire removes the foreign object from his brain...
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  ...and he revives. (.07%)
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  Claire jumps out a window to escape Angela and Nathan, plummeting to the ground...
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  ...and runs off after regenerating.
  (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two Examples

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  Mohinder lectures on regeneration and wikipedia:myosin heavy chains‎...
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  ...At CVHS, Claire holds her hand over a Bunsen burner...
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  ...later trying to do a backflip at her school gym, Claire breaks her shinbone...
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  ...but even the bruise heals quickly.
  (Four Months Later)
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  Caitlin helps Peter rediscover his power to heal.
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  Claire reaches into a pot of boiling water, leaving no lasting burns.
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  Claire later tests the limits of her regenerative powers...
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  ...she finds that when her toe is cut off...
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  ...it will still grow back.
  (Lizards)
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  Despite a brigand's arrows...
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  ...Kensei's wounds heal quickly...
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  ...then shocked at his new ability, Kensei tests his power.
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  Peter is shot in the chest, but his body rejects the bullet..
  (Kindred)
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  Whitebeard's guard runs Takezo Kensei through, but the effect is short-lived.
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  Claire walks away from a nasty spill.
  (Better Halves)
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  Adam Monroe was able to instantly heal an electrical burn. (Out of Time)
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  Peter looks at a picture of himself and Nathan...
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  ...and is able to heal his brain cells, regaining his memory, which was taken by the Haitian.
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  Adam takes some of his own blood...
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  ...to put in Nathan's IV...
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  ...healing him almost immediately.
  (Four Months Ago...)
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  Noah Bennet regenerates an eye, when he is transfused with healing blood after being shot in the face.
  (Cautionary Tales)