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Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies. This "wonder of nature," reported in a biology journal on Monday ...
Biologists at Tufts University have succeeded in inducing one species of flatworm to grow heads and brains characteristic of another species of flatworm without altering genomic sequence. The work ...
Institutions Time frame: 1 February 2024 - 31 January 2025 Home Articles Regeneration in the absence of canonical neoblasts in an early branching flatworm ...
Gaby Leslie Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 6:25 am British scientists believe they may have identified how humans could potentially live forever - and it’s all about flatworms Experts at Nottingham University have ...
The flatworm feeds on chicken liver, and despite starving for 15-20 days, it can completely regenerate in 10-13 days. Its morphology is also different, with the researchers stating Dugesia ...
When asked why humans can't regenerate limbs like this flatworm, Sánchez Alvarado responds with a riddle of his own. Why do humans die? And he would really like to know.