Axolotls can regrow limbs. Could they one day help us do the same? A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans.

For axolotls, it may take only a couple of days to regrow their tiny hands, but in a fully grown human, that process could take years, McCusker said. “It’s important that we continue to do ...

Imagine a world where you can regrow a lost limb. Scientists are hoping to make that vision a reality by uncovering the secrets behind one creature's remarkable ability.

Future technology inspired by axolotls could possibly help humans regenerate limbs—we have what is needed, but need to find out how to make those pieces communicate like they do in axolotls.

Importantly, the work found that retinoic acid helps tell the axolotl which type of limb to regrow. It makes sure the animal doesn’t generate an entire arm when it only needs a hand, for example.

Although critically endangered in the wild in Mexico, axolotls have been kept and studied in labs since the 19th century. They are known for being, naturally, forever young. Unlike other ...

With its fascinating ability to regrow entire limbs and internal organs, the Mexican axolotl is the ideal model for studying regeneration. Scientists have now found a factor that tells cells which ...

Salamanders famously have the ability to regrow their limbs, but "one of the outstanding questions that has really plagued the field is how a salamander knows what to grow," said James Monaghan, a ...

At Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, scientists are studying how amphibians called axolotls regrow entire limbs. They hope to use this biological know-how to develop new methods to ...

These glow-in-the-dark axolotls can regrow lost limbs — and scientists say studying them could eventually help humans do the same.

In the 1995 cyberpunk film Virtuosity, the genes of android villain SID 6.7 are merged with snake DNA, giving him the superhuman ability to regrow lost limbs. Axolotls can do that without even ...