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

• Claire and Zach record a videotape of herself being seriously injured, and recovering from the injuries every time. (Genesis)
• Claire mentions that she has stabbed herself in the chest and shoved a steel rod through her neck. (Genesis)
• Claire casually replaces her exposed ribs, and the wound heals instantly. (Genesis)
• Claire runs into a burning train wreck, and returns unscathed. (Genesis)
• Claire has her hand caught and mangled in a garbage disposal, only for it to heal completely within a few moments. (Genesis)
• Claire is accidentally tackled by a football player, snapping her neck. (Don't Look Back)
• Claire awakens on the autopsy table after a tree branch was removed from her brain, effectively having regenerated back to life. (One Giant Leap)
• Claire survives a head-on collision that hospitalizes Brody Mitchum. She walks away without any lasting injuries. (Collision, Hiros)
• According to the graphic novel, Claire also survives a car explosion, and pulls large shards of glass out of her leg. (Aftermath)
• Claire heals burns on her hands after pulling a tray out of the oven with her bare hands. (Better Halves)
• After Lyle staples her hand, Claire recovers. (Nothing to Hide)
• Both Claire and Peter completely regenerate from injuries inflicted by Sylar. (Homecoming)
• Claire's hand accidentally crashes through a plate of glass and heals completely shortly thereafter. (Six Months Ago)
• Claire jumps off the platform at the abandoned refinery again; she heals on camera, and pushes her collarbone back in place. (Godsend)
• Claire demonstrates her abilities to her birth mother by slicing her arm with a butcher knife. (Distractions)
• Peter is impaled when he falls onto a cab; he subsequently regenerates. (Distractions)
• Claire heals a gunshot wound, a small radiation burn on her neck, and massive radiation burns. She is able to approach and sedate Ted Sprague while exposed to radiation intense enough to set the walls and furniture on fire. (Company Man, Family Man)
• Peter heals the cut Sylar made in his forehead. Later, he heals after a piece of glass stuck in his head is removed. (.07%)
• Claire jumps out a window to escape Angela and Nathan and runs off after regenerating. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two Examples

• At CVHS, Claire holds her hand over a Bunsen burner. Later in the gym, she attempts a backflip, breaks her shinbone, and the injury heals itself instantly. (Four Months Later)
• Claire reaches into a pot of boiling water to retrieve Sandra's wedding ring. She later cuts off her pinky toe and watches it regrow. (Lizards)
• Peter's blood is cleaned off by Caitlin. She comments that he has no cuts whatsoever. (Lizards)
• Takezo Kensei is shot three times by arrows, one landing in the heart. Hiro removes the arrow lodged in his heart, and the wound heals and Kensei becomes cognitive. (Lizards, Kindred)
• Kensei test his newfound powers by slicing through his arm. (Kindred)
• Peter is shot in the chest, but his body rejects the bullet. (Kindred)
• Kensei is run through with a sword, and heals after pulling it out. (The Line)
• Claire heals after being dropped several feet onto stairs by West. (The Line)
• Adam Monroe was able to instantly heal an electrical burn. (Out of Time)
• Peter is able to heal his brain cells, regaining his memory, which was taken by The Haitian. (Four Months ago...)

Season One Gallery

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  Chandra Suresh's files contain a folder labeled "Rapid Cellular Regeneration".
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  The Mozaic file contains information on epithelial cell regeneration.
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  Claire leaps from an 80-foot structure.
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  Claire had to replace her broken and displaced ribs before she could heal.
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  Claire walks through fire...
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  ...but doesn't get burned.
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  Claire's mangled hand quickly fixed itself.
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  Accident-prone Claire is tackled on the football field, snapping her neck.
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  Brody impales Claire's head on a tree branch.
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  When the medical examiner removed the branch from Claire's brain, she returned to life.
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  Even a full autopsy could not stop Claire from regenerating.
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  Claire walked away from a crash that nearly killed Brody.
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  Claire survives even the worst injuries.
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  Foreign objects must be removed.
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  Claire has no need for hot pads.
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  Lyle doesn't think twice of stapling his sister's hand.
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  Sylar forcefully tosses the cheerleader against the locker room wall, but with no lasting effect.
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  At the Homecoming Dance, Peter falls off the roof of the school.
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  Peter 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.
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  After a severe accident with a glass door, Claire's lacerated hand healed itself.
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  At the abandoned refinery, Claire replaces her collarbone.
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  Claire demonstrates her regeneration for Meredith by cutting herself.
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  After falling from Charles Deveaux's rooftop, Peter mimics Claire's regeneration to heal his wounds.
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  Matt shoots Claire, trusting she will survive.
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  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".
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  Regeneration is frustrating to a brain remover.
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  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.
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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.

Season Two Gallery

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  Mohinder lectures on regeneration and wikipedia:myosin heavy chains‎.
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  Once again, Claire touches fire, but doesn't get burned.
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  Trying to do a backflip at her school gym, Claire breaks her shinbone...
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  ...but even the bruise heals quickly.
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  Claire goes fishing in some boiling water.
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  Caitlin helps Peter rediscover his power to heal.
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  Claire tests the limits of her regenerative powers...
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  ...and finds that when her toe is cut off...
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  ...it will still grow back.
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  Despite a brigand's arrows...
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  ...Kensei's wounds heal quickly.
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  Shocked at his new ability, Kensei tests his power.
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  Peter's body regurgitates Will's bullets.
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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.
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  Nathan regenerates, after being injected with Adam's blood.