Planarian flatworms are small, unassuming creatures with an astonishing talent. Cut one into pieces, and each fragment can regrow a complete animal. This seemingly magical ability comes from their ...

A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking parasite growth, a RIKEN researcher has found. This finding, published in the ...

Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have unveiled new insights into ...

New research models how crosschain price gaps and capital friction are eroding efficiency as tokenized markets scale across blockchains. Fragmentation across blockchain networks is already imposing a ...

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Hurricane Melissa has left indelible lessons for Jamaica. The parish of St James has done commendably well in recovery thus far, with agencies mobilising to restore water, clear roads, and stabilise ...

People have been asked to report invasive flatworm sightings after one was found for the first time on Alderney. Alderney Wildlife Trust and States of Alderney said there were reports of Obama ...

Researchers mapped planarian stem cells and found distant cells—not neighbors—guide regeneration, revealing a blueprint that could reshape human tissue repair, says Frederick "Biff" Mann. GOP members ...

Flatworms can rebuild themselves from just a small fragment, and now scientists know why. Their stem cells ignore nearby instructions and respond to long-distance signals from other tissues. This ...

For decades, scientists have studied the remarkable regenerative ability of planarians, triclad flatworms that can basically regrow their entire bodies if necessary. A new study shows that the secret ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being able to regrow whole bodies from small fragments—and discovered something ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...