# Stanford saves bleached corals in lab

> Stanford researchers revive bleached corals in seven weeks.
- Title: Stanford saves bleached corals in lab · Sfgate | Shortify
- Summary: Stanford researchers revive bleached corals in seven weeks. Stanford scientists resurrect bleached corals through lab contact in seven weeks.
- Keywords: stanford, coral, bleached corals, lab, recovery, seven weeks, news, local, saves, bleached, corals, Sfgate
- Source: Sfgate — https://sfgate.com/bayarea/article/stanford-coral-study-22475321.php
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: stanford, coral, bleached corals, lab, recovery, seven weeks, news, local
## Stanford study reveals coral recovery
Stanford researchers describe a method to resurrect bleached corals in seven weeks through lab contact.

> What was most exciting about this was seeing the remarkable potential that bleached corals have to rapidly recover
## How bleached corals heal
Genetically identical corals recognize each other when touching and fuse tissues within one week.

> Genetically identical corals recognize one another when they come into contact
## Lab results for wild reefs
Scientists caution that scaling this method to restore wild reefs requires genetically identical copies and continuous contact.

> It might not be feasible to use this exact approach on the scale necessary to restore whole reefs in the wild
## Key takeaway

Stanford scientists resurrect bleached corals through lab contact in seven weeks.