Extreme Healing: Protein aids limb regrowth in newts

Chop off the leg of a salamander or newt, and the limb will slowly grow back. How the wounded stump regrows into a leg is poorly understood, but now researchers have identified a key protein behind this regenerative power.

LIKE NEWT. When the leg of a newt is severed near the ankle, only the foot regrows (left sequence, top to bottom).