Researchers at Texas A&M University have uncovered a key element of joint cartilage regrowth, which brings them one step ...

Although often glossed over, the human liver is a pretty amazing organ. Not just because it’s pretty much the sole thing that prevents our food from killing us, but also because it’s the only organ in ...

Earlier this year, a Harvard research team studying the axolotl, a salamander with the superpower to regrow body parts, lost ...

Mapping limb regeneration is an intricate, molecular dance. If an axolotl loses a leg, it gets a new one–complete with a functional foot and all four toes. Over just a few weeks or months, bone, ...

Human limb and organ regeneration seems like the stuff of science fiction. But in the labs of Tufts University professors Michael Levin and David Kaplan, it’s becoming a reality. Human limb and organ ...

A tiny creature with frilly gills, a polite smile and glowing green skin just gave scientists a major clue to solve one of biology’s biggest mysteries: limb regeneration. Aquatic salamanders called ...

When humans lose a limb due to an injury, there are lifelong lifestyle changes that are necessary to accommodate the loss of the arm or leg. In some instances, the changes are minor, with people ...

This image shows Xenopus laevis swimming in a tank pre-amputation. [Celia Herrera-Rincon/Tufts University] Scientists at Tufts University have developed a wearable bioreactor that can promote partial ...

Axolotls are a part of the salamander family, which makes them one of very few animals in the world that are able to fully regenerate their limbs and tails when injured or lost. During a talk on Oct.

Recent research into limb regeneration in amphibians has revealed a sophisticated orchestration of molecular and cellular events that enable these species to restore lost appendages. At the centre of ...