The people behind the papers – Misa Okumura-Hirono and Tetsuya Bando

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are crucial for wound healing and regeneration in several animals. In their work, Tetsuya Bando and colleagues show that Duox-derived ROS play a regulatory role during leg regeneration in cricket. To learn about their work, we spoke to the first author, Misa Okumura-Hirono, and the corresponding author, Tetsuya Bando, Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.