“We discovered it’s essentially a single enzyme called CYP26b1, that regulates the amount of tissue that regenerates,” Monaghan says. CYP26b1 breaks down retinoic acid, so when the gene that makes the ...

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Bone regeneration is a remarkable process that varies widely across species and presents significant opportunities for ...

Scientists claim human bodies already know how to regrow a limb because they have already made one during a body's development. In a new study, they say ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Regrowing Limbs: Can People Regenerate Body Parts? ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 298 No. 4 (April 2008) doi:10.1038 ...

Axolotls, with their signature smiles and pink gills, are the celebrities of the salamander world. But they are more than ...

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Molecular signals after severing an axolotl arm direct the remaining cells how to regrow the limb, offering potential implications for regenerative medicine.

Could humans be capable of growing new limbs? Scientists are trying to figure that out with the aid of an unexpected resource: salamanders. Research shows that the amphibians' regeneration ...

“Although we still have a long way to go to explain why humans cannot regenerate, this study provides compelling evidence that there are many similarities in human and salamander limbs.” ...

When it comes to human limb regeneration, Monaghan noted that every cell already contains in its DNA the blueprints to rebuild body parts. “We all have the same genes,” he said.

Lizards may hold the key to human limb regeneration, but let's make one thing clear -- man is still a long way off from combining lizard DNA with human tissue to create monsters such as those seen ...