Illuminating brain circuits in the axolotl: Viral vectors enable dynamic brain mapping
The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) has extraordinary regenerative abilities—the salamander can regrow lost limbs and repair ...
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Science Happens! | Episode 8 | Regrowing lost limbs
Jessica Whited, a biologist at the Brigham Regenerative Medicine Center, is studying how salamanders are able to regrow ...
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Illuminating brain circuits in the axolotl
The axolotl is a powerful model for understanding regeneration, however, studying the axolotl’s nervous system has been ...
New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer prevalence and animal body size has been tested for the first ...
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Axolotl is a symbol of identity: Salamander beloved in Mexico is also on endangered list
Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.
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New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
This could be due to differences in their regenerative abilities. Some amphibians, like salamanders, can regenerate entire limbs – a process that involves lots of cell division, which cancer ...
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Human Urine and Frogs: How a Bizarre Pregnancy Test Helped Unleash a Global Amphibian Crisis
From a groundbreaking find to a global disaster. This is how one species and human error endangered amphibians everywhere.
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New Research Shows Bigger Animals More Likely To Get Cancer, Defying Decades-Old Belief
This could be due to differences in their regenerative abilities. Some amphibians, like salamanders, can regenerate entire limbs - a process that involves lots of cell division, which cancer could ...