Research from Oxford University published today in the journal Genome Research has found that a special combination of epigenetic modifications crucial to stem cell growth evolved in animals much ...

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, which is ...

As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability. Previous research in animals has offered several potential techniques for turning ...

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 ...

In what sounds like a plot line from a BioShock game, a team of biologists has coaxed an animal into growing a new head and brain resembling those of a different species. The bizarre accomplishment ...

British scientists believe they may have identified how humans could potentially live forever - and it’s all about flatworms Experts at Nottingham University have been examining how two species of ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...

In new research, scientists explore the intricate processes at work when stem cells differentiate into planarian skin cells. With its abundance of stem cells known as neoblasts, and remarkable ...

Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans. "This study introduces ...

Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as rabbits, according to new research. A team at the University of Reading and Newcastle University have ...