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

Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For a group of small aquatic animals known as hydra, decapitation is ...

“The biomedical engineering aspect is actually making these new advancements to kind of understand and fix biology,” Tufts researcher Nirosha Murugan, who worked on the project, told Business Insider.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates the food and agriculture value chain contributes 31 percent of the world’s ...

A team at Tufts University and Harvard University has brought scientists a step closer to the goal of regenerative medicine by using a drug cocktail to regrow a frog's amputated legs. Only a few ...

A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans. Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their ...