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.
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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...
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)
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)
...and her family gathers around her, some believing she is gone...
When Claire tries to sedate Ted...
...leaving her body severely burned (but her hair unharmed)...
...but the charred skin regenerates...
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...
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Claire breaks her shinbone after trying to do a backflip...
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)
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)
Claire walks away from a nasty spill. (The Line)
Peter looks at a picture of himself and Nathan...
Adam takes some of his own blood...
...to put in Nathan's IV...
Noah Bennet regenerates an eye, after he is transfused with Claire's blood...
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)
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When her skull is attached back to Claire's head, the wound heals.
...who immediately regenerates...
...lands on the ground...
Claire regenerates after pulling shards of glass from her shoulder. (Dual)
Claire uses herself as a human shield...
Claire grabs a box cutter...
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 suffering self-inflicted wounds, Sylar's wounds heal. (I Am Sylar)
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After testing out Gretchen's "jump, push, fall" theory by herself, Claire regenerates...
Claire lets Gretchen cut her hand and shows Gretchen her ability. (Ink)
Claire pins a pencil in Sylar's eye...
...but later, his eye looks normal. (Pass/Fail)
...and gets rid of the bullet...
Claire falls from the Ferris wheel...
...fixes her dislocated limbs...
...and regenerates her wounds, right in front of the media. (Brave New World)
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HeroTruther posts a video of a young man playing a prank on his friends by quickly regrowing his middle finger.
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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)