CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For millions of people with knee damage, treatment options can be limited — especially before a ...

The human body’s initial responses to such a serious injury are not that different from those of a salamander, but soon afterward the human and amphibian wound-healing strategies diverge. Ours results ...

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 have a superpower: The adorable, perpetually smiling salamanders have the ability to regrow missing body parts in just a few weeks. Now, in a new study that scientists say could one day help ...

NEW YORK — Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers — and someday, even limbs — with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel. There's the guy who sliced off a ...

Early attempts to grow heart-repair patches with embryonic stem cells kept running into a glitch: because oxygen and nutrients only penetrated the outer edges of the patch, cells in the center died.

From arms to tails, some creatures can literally heal themselves in ways humans cannot. Here are five fascinating examples.

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 ...