Easton R. White is an assistant professor of biology at the University of New Hampshire who studies biodiversity and ...
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This Tiny Worm Can Regrow Its Head Because Its Stem Cells Work Without Supervision
When a planarian flatworm loses its head, it simply grows another. The head, if left alone, can grow a body to match. In a ...
Stem cells, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this Mediterranean flatworm.
The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...
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