Salamanders regrow entire limbs. We share their evolutionary blueprint. So why can’t humans do the same? The answer ...

Axolotls — aquatic salamanders with an exceptional regenerative ability — rapidly increase their production of proteins in response to wounds. An axolotl-specific evolutionary divergence in a key ...

A gene found in salamanders could one day help humans regrow lost limbs, a breakthrough that sounds like science fiction but is gaining real scientific traction. Researchers at Wake Forest University ...

In a paper published in the journal Cell, researchers documented how this body-wide response in axolotl salamanders is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system—the iconic "fight or flight" network.

When a salamander loses a leg, the stump does not simply heal over. Within days, cells at the wound site begin dividing, ...

Fibroblasts are a key part of wound healing. (Gopal Murti/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) While human beings have some ...

Salamander genes may help humans regrow limbs, offering hope for future regeneration therapies. “Universal, unifying genetic programs...are driving regeneration in...salamanders, zebrafish and mice,” ...