In Lila Guterman’s article “Hope Grows for Replacing Lost Limbs and Outworn Organs” (January 31), Ronald D.G. McKay is quoted as saying that for regeneration biology to contribute to medicine, “we ...

The intestine is among the most regenerative tissues in the body; however, aging triggers various changes that collectively ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

Tunicates are marine invertebrate chordates that occupy a singular phylogenetic position as the closest extant relatives to vertebrates. Their diverse life histories, which include both solitary and ...

With aging, the intestine gradually loses its ability to regenerate after damage. An international research team involving ...

Researchers at Harvard University’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology lab sure do axolotl questions. When Jessica Whited’s ...

Lizards are famous for their regeneration, able to regrow their tails on demand, but the new tail is not quite perfect. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have used stem ...

Our skeletal muscles, which link to bones and enable us to move, have a remarkable ability to regenerate after they've suffered an injury. Scientists have now developed a cutting edge microscopy tool ...

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A coral outcrop on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. A new project led by UC Santa Barbara, including UC Davis biologist Rachael Bay, will study how coral can resist and repair itself from damage caused ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working in close collaboration with KeyGene, have developed a method that enables plant cells to regenerate into complete plants without the need ...