A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction.

Researchers uncovered how CYP26B1-mediated retinoic acid (RA) breakdown determines segment identity during axolotl limb ...

In the amphibian world, the axolotl ... limb formation. "Can we find similarities in the gene expression occurring in this early stage and in the cell types developed in the blastema?" ...

Murawala’s team’s research, which took place as a part of his post doctoral research, found that limb regeneration, like all regeneration in axolotls, requires the formation of blastema cells, a group ...

within minutes the axolotl’s blood will clot. Within hours, skin cells divide and crawl to cover the wound with a wound epidermis. Next, cells from nearby tissues migrate to the amputation site, ...

A wounded axolotl can regenerate an entire lost leg or only its pinky toe. How the mass of cells that migrate to the wound site, known as a blastema, knows exactly what’s needed is a key ...

Scientists from a collection of Chinese research institutions collaborated on a study of organ regeneration in mammals, finding deer antler blastema ... or an axolotl salamander that can rebuild ...

If an axolotl loses a limb, the appendage will grow back, at just the right size and orientation. Within weeks, the seam between old and new disappears completely. And it’s not just legs: Axolotls can ...