Cells triggering tissue regeneration that are taken from one limb and grafted onto another acquire the molecular "fingerprint," or identity, of their new location, UC Irvine developmental biologists have discovered.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2013
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The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2009
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When assistant professor of biology James Monaghan was an undergraduate, he hung a life-size inflatable Spiderman from the ceiling of his dorm room. The plastic incarnation of the superhero followed ...
Other
Dec 24, 2012
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European scientists advanced an important field of mathematics describing the behaviour of numerous physical and biological systems.
Mathematics
Oct 11, 2012
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Another option may be on the horizon for patients who lose limbs due to war, accident, or disease. Instead of using artificial legs or arms, patients actually may regrow their own missing limbs. An article in the current ...
Biochemistry
Aug 4, 2010
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