Salamanders use stress signals to prep their whole body to regrow limbs - offering new clues for human healing.

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 ...

What if the key to human limb regeneration wasn’t buried in sci-fi dreams—but already in your medicine cabinet? Scientists at Northeastern University have uncovered a breakthrough that’s raising ...

Biologists have long been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have ...

If new research is to be believed, doctors may someday be able to treat our injuries by helping our bodies regenerate damaged or missing tissue — just like a salamander regrowing its tail. A team of ...

While there have been significant advances in prosthetic and bionic technologies to replace lost limbs, they cannot yet restore a sense of touch, minimize the sensation of phantom pains, or match the ...

Scientists are using “immortal” worms to learn how humans could regrow limbs after amputation or restore nervous system function after a spinal injury. To look at an acorn worm, you wouldn’t guess ...

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