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Nature continues to amaze us with its remarkable adaptations, and perhaps one of the most fascinating abilities some animals possess is regeneration—the capacity to regrow lost or damaged body parts.

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Axolotls can regrow limbs. Could they one day help us do the same? A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans.