Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. A tiny flatworm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends ...

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For a long time, scientists believed that only amphibians like salamanders could regrow complex limbs. But then came some groundbreaking findings from.

For centuries, civilizations have used naturally occurring, inorganic materials for their perceived healing properties. Egyptians thought green copper ore helped eye inflammation, the Chinese used ...

The axolotl, a type of salamander that stays in the tadpole form throughout its life, is a master of regeneration. Axolotls have been observed to regrow several body parts, including limbs, eyes, and ...

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Blastema cells in deer grow into bone and antler cartilage, holding the key to possible bone regrowth in humans. A Chinese study transplanted blastema cells onto mice, seeing them grow antler-like ...

For as long as he can remember, Timothy Duerr ’17 has been fascinated with a scientific feature of salamanders. Not only can the amphibians regenerate their amputated limbs, but they know exactly what ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

For those of us whose memory of high school biology hasn’t faded entirely, planarians will probably sound very familiar. They’re generally used as an example of one of the extreme ends of regenerative ...

Preventive healthcare has always been associated with one word and that is vaccination. In the last few years vaccines have been promoted like armour against diseases which are very straightforward, ...