A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction. The discovery could inspire future regenerative medicine.

We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...

Researchers have demonstrated that a genetic switch for organ regeneration exists, after restoring damaged outer ears in mice ...

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 ...

Scientists are trying to figure that out with the aid of an unexpected resource: salamanders. Research shows that the amphibians' regeneration abilities come from mechanisms that humans could also ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

Monaghan also found an enzyme called CYP26B1 reduces the amount of retinoic acid at the site to exactly the level needed for a particular body part. It’s the quantity of the retinoid that tells ...

Retinoic acid is important in the development of human embryos too, telling the cells where to grow a head, heads and feet, Monaghan explained. But for an unknown reason, ...