In nature, survival often depends on adaptability, and some animals have taken this to a fascinating level by developing the ...

Limb lengthening is achieved using the body's own capacity to regenerate new bone as well as the soft tissues, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves that surround and support it. The process begins ...

In its simplest terms, cartilage repair (regeneration) surgery results in the formation of robust cartilage-like tissue around the joint where the cartilage has worn away or been damaged. Cartilage ...

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Upon injury, axolotl cells switch on a signal that is broadcast across one side of the limb, instructing cells to regenerate ...

Fortunately, lost limbs regrow and are functional in as few as eight weeks. To achieve this feat, the regrowing body parts must "know" their position within the axolotl body to regenerate the right ...

Axolotl limbs regenerate functional body parts in just weeks, relying on cells that retain positional memory. A study led by Elly Tanaka’s team at IMBA reveals that the Hand2 gene marks the posterior ...

Fortunately, lost limbs regrow and are functional in as few as eight weeks. To achieve this feat, the regrowing body parts must "know" their position within the axolotl body to regenerate the ...

Read the paper: Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration A cell’s ‘positional memory’ maintains information about the cell’s original spatial location in a body part.