That means that some cells in the human body regenerate themselves much more quickly than others – and an average figure doesn’t provide that detail.

Tonsils can grow back after they've been removed. Here's which other body parts can regenerate Story by Adam Taylor • 6mo ...

Bone regeneration is a remarkable process that varies widely across species and presents significant opportunities for advancing human medicine. For decades, scientists have focused on how certain ...

Human limb regeneration is likely far off in the future, but once scientists understand more about retinoic acid signaling, technology could help return this regenerative ability to human cells to ...

Credit: Cinetic Media, MUBI The titular “substance” essentially grows a younger, parasitic version of Elisabeth’s original body. While humans can’t regenerate our limbs, much less a full clone, plenty ...

Could humans be capable of growing new limbs? Scientists are trying to figure that out with the aid of an unexpected resource: salamanders. Research shows that the amphibians' regeneration ...

Although whole-body regeneration may be impossible in complicated animals, the assumption that a new body can be formed through this method probably cannot recreate our identities.

The ability to regenerate – from individual cell types to entire organs or complex tissues – is of crucial importance for all living species. The human body also regenerates, in short, dead ...