Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury or even degenerative diseases. There are not many examples of regeneration to look to ...

Planarian toxicity fluorescent assay: A rapid and cheap pre-screening tool for potential skin irritants. Toxicology in Vitro, 2020; 105004 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2020.105004 ...

When cut, a planarian flatworm can use a population of stem cells called neoblasts to regenerate new heads, new tails or even entire new organisms from a tiny fragment of its body. Mechanisms have ...

For example, detailed characterisations of the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea have established it as a robust experimental system, underpinned by advanced imaging and genome editing ...

After injury, planaria are able to re-grow missing body parts, including any organs that are damaged or lost, such as brain, eyes, and intestine. Injury initiates a complex set of cellular events ...

If you dissect a planarian (Schmidtea mediterranea)—a flatworm about half an inch long—into 279 tiny fragments, each fragment can regrow into an entire animal. New research from the lab of ...

Planaria (Dugesia tigrina) are freshwater flatworms that are frequently studied because of their simple well-defined nervous system. Previous studies concluded that planaria can be trained to favor a ...

A team at the University of Reading and Newcastle University have found that planaria, a type of flatworm, can be used as a reliable alternative for testing topical skin products used to treat ...

Through the humble Planaria worm, Temple University researchers hope to discover what happens when drug abusers who take more than one drug --a common practice-- go into withdrawal. Their work ...