Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their habitat, but in scientific laboratories they're finally giving up their anti-aging, wound-healing secrets. Photograph By Raquel Saggin ...

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 ...

Researchers are studying axolotls -- "small, smiling salamanders" -- in the hopes of learning how humans might one day regrow arms or legs. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News With their goofy grins ...

Living in a murky lake around Mexico City, surrounded by aggressive and cannibalistic neighbors, the axolotl lives at constant risk of losing a limb to a neighbor's nibble. Fortunately, lost limbs ...

WITH a silly smile and frilly gills, the axolotl has wriggled its way into the hearts of millions, becoming a popular aquarium pet and pop culture icon in video games, children’s books and toy stores.

Axolotls and flatworms regenerate lost body parts through body-wide coordination, not local repair. Scientists analysed that ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Axolotls can regrow limbs, organs and even parts of their brain Scientists used lab-engineered glowing axolotls to study how this works A key chemical may help cells 'know' what body part to regrow ...

Axolotls are known for their ability to grow back just about any body part that is bitten off by a predator, but the trigger for this regeneration was a mystery until now. It turns out that retinoic ...

IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Living in a murky lake around Mexico City, surrounded by aggressive and cannibalistic neighbors, the axolotl lives at ...

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