Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that propagate within genomes.
Through diverse invasion strategies, TEs have come to occupy a substantial fraction of …

Regeneration is the process by which organisms replace lost or damaged tissue, and
regenerative capacity can vary greatly among species, tissues and life stages. Tissue …

Salamanders have been hailed as champions of regeneration, exhibiting a remarkable
ability to regrow tissues, organs and even whole body parts, eg their limbs. As such …

The contribution of the epicardium, the outermost layer of the heart, to cardiac regeneration
has remained controversial due to a lack of suitable analytical tools. By combining genetic …

How do four-legged animals adapt their locomotion to the environment? How do central and
peripheral mechanisms interact within the spinal cord to produce adaptive locomotion and …

The ability to regenerate amputated or injured tissues and organs is a fascinating property
shared by several invertebrates and, interestingly, some vertebrates. The mechanism of …

Neural stem cells (NSCs) are multipotent progenitors that are responsible for producing all
of the neurons and macroglia in the nervous system. In adult mammals, NSCs reside …

Which genes and gene signaling pathways mediate regenerative processes? In recent
years, multiple studies, using a variety of animal models, have aimed to answer this …

Large-scale regeneration in the adult central nervous system is a unique capacity of
salamanders among tetrapods. Salamanders can replace neuronal populations, repair …

For ages, regeneration has intrigued countless biologists, clinicians, and biomedical
engineers. In recent years, significant progress made in identification and characterization of …