Posts Tagged ‘axolotl’
Salamander eggs turn off cancer
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Researchers have found a way to switch on tumor suppressor genes—and turn off cancer growth—using an extract from eggs of the axolotl salamander. Continue…
Friday, January 14, 2011 14:16 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 17, 2009 12:47 - 1 Comment
Salamanders offer lesson in regrowing limbs
INDIANA (US)—A salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 12:12 - 0 Comments
Regrow limbs like a salamander?
TULANE (US)—Can the salamander’s natural ability to grow back severed appendages lead to a breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? Research led by a Tulane University biologist may yield the answer. (more…)
