First time-lapse footage of cell activity during limb regeneration
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 05:31
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have, for the first time, recorded how cells of the epidermis behave during the regrowth of adult limbs after amputation. The scientists carried out continuous live imaging of a regenerating leg in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a close relative of the common sand hopper.