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

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Chandra Suresh's files contain a folder labeled "Rapid Cellular Regeneration". (Genesis) Zach records a videotape of Claire being seriously injured from an 80 foot fall... ...and Claire regenerates completely. (Genesis) Another shot from the tape shows her recovering from being hit by a car. (Nothing to Hide) Claire's hand heals after being mangled in a garbage disposal. (Genesis) Claire walks through fire... ...and doesn't get burned. (Genesis) Accident-prone Claire is tackled on a football field, snapping her neck. (Don't Look Back) In a violent struggle, Claire's head is impaled by a tree branch... ...but a medical examiner removed the branch from Claire's brain... ...returning her life even after a full autopsy. (One Giant Leap) Claire walks away from a car crash that nearly killed Brody... ...survives even the worst injuries... ...noticing foreign objects must be removed. (Aftermath) Claire heals burns on her hands after pulling a tray out of the oven. (Better Halves) Lyle doesn't think twice when stapling his sister's hand. (Nothing to Hide) Sylar forcefully tosses Claire across a locker room, but with no lasting effect. (Homecoming) Afterwards, Sylar pushes Peter off the roof of Union Wells... ...but Peter copies Claire's power and regenerates his wounds... ...leaving his fully healed face bloodied. (Homecoming) Claire's lacerated hand healed itself after a severe accident with glass. (Six Months Ago) Claire jumps off the platform at the gravel plant again, but she heals as she pushes her collarbone back in place. (Godsend) The Mozaic file contains information on epithelial cell regeneration. (The Fix) After falling from Charles Deveaux's rooftop, Peter mimics Claire's regeneration to heal his wounds. (Distractions) Claire demonstrates her abilities to her birth mother by slicing her arm with a butcher knife. (Distractions) Matt shoots Claire, trusting she will survive... ...and her family gathers around her, some believing she is gone... ...but Claire revives later. (Company Man) Mrs. Bennet learns of her daughter's powers after Ted burns Claire's neck. (Company Man) When Claire tries to sedate Ted... ...the radiation seems almost unbearable... ...leaving her body severely burned (but her hair unharmed)... ...but the charred skin regenerates... ...until she is completely healed. (Company Man) Mr. Bennet calls his daughter a "human skeleton". (Company Man) Peter heals the cut Sylar made in his forehead. (.07%) Then, Sylar jams a large shard of glass into the back of Peter's head... ...which temporarily kills Peter... ...until Claire removes the foreign object from his brain... ...and he revives. (.07%) Claire jumps out a window to escape Angela and Nathan, plummeting to the ground... ...and runs off after regenerating. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two

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Mohinder lectures on regeneration. (Four Months Later...) At CVHS, Claire holds her hand over a Bunsen burner. (Four Months Later...) Claire breaks her shinbone after trying to do a backflip... ...but even the bruise heals quickly. (Four Months Later...) Adam walks away after he pushes Kaito off of Charles Deveaux's rooftop. (Four Months Later...) Caitlin helps Peter rediscover his power to heal. (Lizards) Claire reaches into a pot of boiling water, leaving no lasting burns. (Lizards) Claire later tests the limits of her regenerative powers... ...she finds that when her toe is cut off... ...it will still grow back. (Lizards) Despite a brigand's arrows... ...Kensei's wounds heal quickly. (Kindred) Shocked at his newly discovered ability, Kensei tests his power. (Kindred) Peter has a tattoo on his right arm... ...but due to rapid cell regeneration, it disappears almost instantly. (Kindred) Peter is shot in the chest, but his body rejects the bullet. (Kindred) Whitebeard's guard runs Takezo Kensei through a sword, but the effect is short-lived. (The Line) Claire walks away from a nasty spill. (The Line) Adam Monroe was able to instantly heal an electrical burn. (Out of Time) Peter looks at a picture of himself and Nathan... ...and heals his brain cells, regaining his stolen memories. (Four Months Ago...) Adam takes some of his own blood... ...to put in Nathan's IV... ...healing him almost immediately. (Four Months Ago...) Claire regenerates after she falls to the ground. (Cautionary Tales) Noah Bennet regenerates an eye, after he is transfused with Claire's blood... ...and wakes up after healing completely. (Cautionary Tales) Victoria shoots Peter, but Peter survives. (Truth & Consequences) Adam recovers from a shotgun blast to the gut. (Truth & Consequences) Claire's hand spits out shards of glass. (Truth & Consequences) During his long battle against Evan and his many clones in 1777, Adam repeatedly heals from various wounds. (Revolutionary War, Parts 1, 2) After being injected with an altered form of Claire's blood... ...Maya heals from a gun wound... ...and wakes up perfectly healthy. (Powerless) Sylar injects himself with Claire's blood... ...and his injuries from his encounter with Elle instantly heal. (Powerless) Buried alive in a coffin, Adam has "died more times than [he] can count" due to lack of oxygen. (The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei) Adam cures Diane of her tuberculosis by giving her his blood. (The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei)

Season Three

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Claire remains alive when Sylar opens her skull. When her skull is attached back to Claire's head, the wound heals. A knife wound on Sylar's chest heals. (The Second Coming) Claire's hand heals, albeit she is feeling no pain. (The Butterfly Effect) Sylar uses his newly acquired ability from Claire to remove some tasers... ...and to quickly recover from Bianca's bullet-fire. (Dreams Until Death) When Noah shoots Sylar in Level Five of Primatech Research, Sylar says little more than "Ouch". (The Butterfly Effect) Elle electrocutes Sylar, but there's no lasting effect on him. (The Butterfly Effect) Three years in the future, a bomb explosion at the Pinehearst building incinerates Claire... ...who immediately regenerates... ...and afterwards in Albany, Oregon, regenerates from a grenade. (Resistance) When Peter snaps Sylar's neck... ...it heals when Sylar pushes it in place. (Angels and Monsters) Arthur can now breathe without a machine. (Dying of the Light) Sandra shoots Claire, but she doesn't stay dead for long. (Dying of the Light) Elle tries unsuccessfully to electrocute Claire... ...with all her might. (Eris Quod Sum) Claire is able to absorb Elle's electrical arcs. (Eris Quod Sum) Claire jumps out of Peter's apartment... ...lands on the ground... ...then gets back up, good as new. (It's Coming) Despite Elle's numerous attempts to exact electrical revenge on Sylar, she cannot kill him. (It's Coming) Claire regenerates after pulling shards of glass from her shoulder. (Dual) Claire uses herself as a human shield... ...but recovers after being shot multiple times. (Trust and Blood) Claire grabs a box cutter... ...digs in deep... ...cutting her hand open and regenerating it to convince Alex Woolsly that she is special. (Building 26) Sylar is unhurt by Danko's team's bullets. (Building 26) Alex Woolsly recollects an exaggeration of Claire's ability. (The Swimmer) Sylar's hand heals quickly, much to his father's amazement. (Shades of Gray) Darts that were shot into Sylar's body have no effect on him. (Shades of Gray) Claire's powers allow her liver tissue to regenerate, and so she never gets drunk while drinking alcohol. (Into Asylum) After deceiving Noah with his changed appearance, Sylar regenerates... ...and then spits out the bullet that was shot into his head. (Turn and Face the Strange) After suffering self-inflicted wounds, Sylar's wounds heal. (I Am Sylar)

Season Four

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After testing out Gretchen's "jump, push, fall" theory by herself, Claire regenerates... ...but has to manually restore her dislocated ribs. (Jump, Push, Fall) Claire lets Gretchen cut her hand and shows Gretchen her ability. (Ink) Captain Lubbock shoots Sylar, but Sylar is unhurt. (Hysterical Blindness) Claire regenerates after being impaled at a slaughterhouse. (Strange Attractors) Claire demonstrates her ability to Doug. (Thanksgiving) When slashed by a burly guy, Claire heals defiantly. (The Fifth Stage) Peter pins Sylar. But after Sylar has transformed in Nathan, Peter lets him regenerate. After falling from a height, Sylar regenerates and walks away without a scratch. (The Fifth Stage) After borrowing Claire's ability, Peter regenerates. (Let It Bleed) Claire pins a pencil in Sylar's eye... ...but later, his eye looks normal. (Pass/Fail) Claire gets shot... ...and gets rid of the bullet... ...and heals. (The Art of Deception) Claire falls from the Ferris wheel... ...fixes her dislocated limbs... ...and regenerates her wounds, right in front of the media. (Brave New World)

Heroes Reborn

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HeroTruther posts a video of a young man playing a prank on his friends by quickly regrowing his middle finger.

Other Examples

• Every time Claire tries to escape from the Charles Darwin, she is shot. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 17)
• On January 1, 2012, Claire is shot by a guard, which rips through her kneecap. She is confident the knee would be fine "in a second or two". (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 17)
• Claire enters the Charles Darwin's nuclear reactor and blisters break out all over her skin. She fights past the pain as her skin sears off and sticks to the wheel. Blood spills out and immediately boils in the heat of the reactor. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 17)
• Claire jumps through the turbine of an aircraft carrier, then floats in the water "while my body put itself back together". (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 18)