Posts Tagged ‘regeneration’
Nibbled plants grow back stronger
U. ILLINOIS (US) — A chromosome boost makes some plants come back stronger after they’ve been eaten, researchers say. Continue…
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:47 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2011 15:16 - 0 Comments
Deer snacking on maple buffet
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Deer with a sweet tooth are devastating sugar maple saplings in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. (more…)
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…)
Earth & Environment, Health & Medicine - Oct 26, 2009 12:07 - 0 Comments
Zebrafish do it. Why can’t we?
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Biologists long have marveled at the ability of some animals to re-grow lost body parts—newts regrow legs and zebrafish re-grow fins—and even repair damaged heart and eye tissue. Now researchers have discovered that some of the same genes underlie the process in different types of tissues. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2009 12:16 - 1 Comment
Younger muscles through biochemistry
UC BERKELEY (US)—Researchers have identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, restoring its ability to repair and rebuild itself. (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…)
Science & Technology - Mar 6, 2009 18:00 - 0 Comments
Stem cells not unique in ability to regenerate?
NYU (US)—A quality thought only to exist in stem cells, may occur in ordinary cells, too. Findings by researchers at New York University’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and Utrecht University in the Netherlands indicate that some roles of stem cells in organ regeneration may be shared by other types of cells.
