A team at Harvard has released a study on panther worms which revealed a regenerative master switch called early growth response, or EGR. Daniel Van Boom is an award-winning Senior Writer based in ...

The mammalian liver has an extraordinary regenerative capacity, capable of fully restoring its mass and function after injury or partial resection. A study led by researchers at the University of ...

Japanese researchers discovered that hair graying and melanoma share a surprising cellular origin. When DNA damage strikes ...

Researchers are shedding new light on how animals perform whole-body regeneration, and uncovered a number of DNA switches that appear to control genes used in the process. When it comes to ...

Gray hair is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, according to a new study by researchers in Japan, the presence of gray hair ...

The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. Peripheral neurons can be extraordinarily large, with their extensions reaching up to ...

The type of salamander called axolotl, with its frilly gills and widely spaced eyes, looks like an alien and has other-worldly powers of regeneration. Lose a limb, part of the heart or even a large ...