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 ...

KANSAS CITY, MO-A new report from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research chronicles the embryonic origins of planaria, providing new insight into the animal's remarkable regenerative abilities.

Wounds trigger regeneration in planaria, a flatworm commonly studied for its regenerative capabilities. Until now, no molecular connection between wounding and the onset of regeneration of an entire ...

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 Alejandro ...

Scientists have discovered that not only can the planarian worm regrow its head if its cut off, the regenerated brain contains the same memories that were stored in the decapitated one. Researchers ...

Using a tiny flatworm best known for its extraordinary ability to regenerate lost tissue, researchers have identified a gene that controls the ability of stem cells to differentiate into specialized ...

Researchers discovered that muscle plays a surprising role in planarian regeneration. Some animals have the incredible ability to regenerate lost body parts—imagine a starfish regrowing its limbs or a ...

Experiments in space have given researchers insights into how regeneration works and how space flight could affect human biology, and it starts with the planarian worm. Planaria are flat worms that ...

A new chronicles the embryonic origins of planaria, providing new insight into the animal's remarkable regenerative abilities. A new report from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research chronicles ...