Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. A tiny flatworm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends ...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our skin tissue—and in fact many types of epithelial tissue that lines and covers the ...

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

Discover how axolotls and flatworms coordinate regeneration through body-wide signals, revealing a complex healing process.

SOME animals are able to grow an entire new body from tiny parts. Crabs and lobsters can regenerate lost tentacles and claws. Hydras and some worms can regrow their heads. We humans can replace our ...

Bone regeneration is a remarkable process that varies widely across species and presents significant opportunities for advancing human medicine. For decades, scientists have focused on how certain ...

The axolotl, also known as Ambystoma mexicanum, is an aquatic salamander renowned for its ability to regenerate its spinal cord, heart, and limbs. These amphibians also readily make new neurons ...

In a new study, some juvenile sea spiders were able to regrow amputated body parts, which was previously assumed to be impossible in these marine arthropods. When you purchase through links on our ...

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 have developed an osteogenic barrier coating material that maximizes the effect of guided bone regeneration (GBR) for implant placements. One of the key factors of success in a dental ...

A tiny worm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends animation in dry weather... The tiny worm at the heart of regeneration science ...