Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have ...

Axolotl is an animal model widely used in dermatology research due to its transparent ‘glass skin.’ A study by researchers from Okayama University, Japan, discovered that healthy collagen fibers, ...

The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a ...

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god's passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, subject to the cycles of life and death. Axolotl then carries within itself the ...

Through the glass of a fish tank, where academic institutions preserve them and hatcheries put them up for sale, axolotl are hard to spot. Their skin is usually dark to mimic stones — though an ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers have investigated collagen formation in the 'glass-skinned' amphibian axolotl and other vertebrates. They ...

Current fascination toward axolotl and its rise to sacred status in pre-Hispanic times is hardly a coincidence. It was most likely sparked by its exceptional biological features, Montero said. Through ...