When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

Schmidtea mediterranea, a freshwater flatworm (or planarian), has adult pluripotent stem cells spread all throughout its ...

The European Institute of Plastic Surgery (EIPS) has documented a significant surge in post-pregnancy body contouring procedures, with requests for abdominoplasty from new mothers increasing by 65% ...

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute and partnering institutions have discovered that Schmidtea polychroa, a flatworm capable of regenerating lost tissue, develops this ability progressively ...

Although we might feel otherwise in the moment, no part of our body is static, everything is changing and regenerating, some ...

Cellionyx, a pioneering electroceuticals company, today officially emerged from stealth mode to announce the commercial launch of its flagship product, Cytomotion. Following years of intensive ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical ...

Metal rods, screws, resins or bone grafts have traditionally been the options for patients facing spinal fusion surgery, but a team of engineers at the University of Missouri are working to change ...

A West Virginia University biologist is studying why some animals can regenerate while others cannot and has identified the genes that play a role in the process. Christopher Arnold, assistant ...

The ability of metazoans (multicellular animals) to regenerate lost body parts varies greatly. Some animals can regenerate their whole bodies, including phyla Cnidaria such as jellyfish, ...

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 ...