Meet the creature that can generate its brain and resist cancer

in #life7 years ago

Axolotl-Glow3-001.jpgAxolotls are 1000 times more resistance to cancer than mammals
they can regenerate pretty much anything in their bodies including limbs, jaws, tail, spinal cord and skin.
it can regenerate a spinal cord even after being cut, crushed or removed.
they can generate the same limb more than 100 times.
without showing any signs of scarring at the site of amputation.

Axolotls can even regenerate part of their brain after being cut.
they can also receive transplanted organs from each other and accept them without rejection.

Scientist are hoping to replicate these features in human.
An axolotl remains in its larval form its entire life.

in the wild it never undergoes metamorphosis into an adult salamandar.
it's Listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.

Credit: Nature Science Space

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