Glow-in-the-dark Axolotls Offer Clues to Human Limb Regeneration
Originally Published 6 months ago — by WIRED
Scientists at Northeastern University have uncovered how axolotls regenerate limbs by controlling the degradation of retinoic acid through the enzyme CYP26B1, creating a chemical gradient that guides cellular regeneration, and identified the Shox gene as crucial for proximal limb development, paving the way for potential human regenerative therapies.