Skip to main content

Axolotl, the creature which can regenerate pretty much regenerate anything in it's body

Meet the creature that can pretty much regenerate everything in it's body.
Axolotl,  a Mexican salamander which is familiarly known as "walking fish" but it's not a fish it's an amphibian.This creature can regenerate the same limb for more than one hundred times. This specie can be found in Lake Xochimilco.
Lake Xochimilco
In the wild it remains in the larva state and will never undergoes Metamorphosis into an adult salamander. According to International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [IUCN] these species are critically endangered.The key thing for it's regenerative ability is it's immune system. Immune cells called Macrophages are critical during the early stage of regenerating it's lost limbs. Taking out of these cells,permanently stopped it's regeneration ability.In fact,
Macrophages
Scientists done an experiment by injecting a drug which takes off the Macrophages completely, they observed no regrowth in it's body.But in some Axolotls in which the Macrophages are partially depleted, the regrowth is seen but at a slower pace Axolotl isn't the the only one which has the ability to regenerate. Tadpoles are also known to regrow limbs Flatworms,Sea star are some examples. According to Edward Scott ,principal investigator for the GO grant and director of the McKnight Brain institute's program in stem cell Biology and Regenerative medicine."The Mexican salamander is the champion of vertebrate regeneration with the power to regenerate it's whole limbs and even parts of it's central nervous system
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Drug to prevent MIGRAINE

Scientists have developed a new drug to prevent migraine :                                          Erenumab is an injectable drug that blocks pain signals in the brain.The drug, called   Erenumab consists of human antibodies. It   works by targeting a receptor in the brain where a protein associated with migraines usually blinds. This protein transmits migraine pain signals during an attack. Erenumab blocks this receptor. thus preventing a migraine attack. the drug reduced the number of monthly migraine attacks by more than 50%.   No side   effects of this drug were recorded in human patients. Migraine is a neurological disorder characterized by a severe throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head. In some cases, head pain may be accompained by other symptoms including Naused, vomiting, numbness or tingling in the face. Patients may be also experience sensi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Paying with your face

No credit cards, debit cards, cheques ,vouchers ,cryptocurrencies. Just smile into the camera and your payment is done Interesting isn't it,  this is the  technology from Face++.Already this has been used in many popular apps.In China now it is possible to transfer money through Alipay a new revolutionary mobile payments app used by more than 120 million people in China.This uses only your face as  credentials.This system seems to work quite simple.Once a picture is uploaded into the system, payments confirmations,Identity verifications goes immediately in place by itself. This can also detect gender,differentiate face,eye status and much moreApart from that new payments app Didi, one of the most authoritative ride-hailing company of China uses the Face ++ software to let passengers confirm that the person behind the vehicle is a  legitimate and licensed d river. .. Face  payments can improve the financial security of the user.   This Face++ software is al...
Post a Comment
Read more

Artificial Neurons can replace some real ones in our brain

Researchers have created the world's first Artificial Neuron which can parody the function of Organic Neuron.This could even replace some of the real neurons in our brain. Artificial neurons are made of conductive polymers.Neurons store and transmit information in the brain.These are as small as fingertip and contain no living parts.Miniaturizing the neuron size would enable it's implantation into the human body.   This is a potential way to end neurological disorders like spinal cord injuries and Parkinson's disease."Our artificial neuron is made of conductive polymers and it functions like a human neuron"   said Agneta Ritcher-Dahlfors a lead researcher from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.Neurons communicate in our brain through chemical signals.The first thing that Artificial neuron does is it detects chemical signals which are then transmitted electrically from one neuron to another.Then the electrical signals release chemical neu...
Post a Comment
Read more