Although often glossed over, the human liver is a pretty amazing organ. Not just because it’s pretty much the sole thing that prevents our food from killing us, but also because it’s the only organ in ...

For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...

Blocking a protein linked to aging helped older mice regrow knee cartilage without using stem cells, research from Stanford ...

As we all get used to our life under quarantine, there’s a certain appeal to the thought of growing our own food. But for those of us without outdoor space (or the will to use it), there is actually a ...

No backside, no problem for some young sea spiders. The creatures can regenerate nearly complete parts of their bottom halves — including muscles, reproductive organs and the anus — or make do without ...

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Scientists have discovered that young alligators have the ability to regrow their tails up to three-quarters of a foot -- about 18 percent of their total body length. The researchers speculate that ...