A study of peptide hormones in the brain of a seemingly primitive flatworm reveals the surprising complexity of its nervous system and opens up a new approach for combating a major parasitic disease, ...
Among their many extraordinary feats, some planarian flatworms reproduce by tearing off pieces of themselves to regenerate new worms. Now, researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...
Among their many extraordinary feats, some planarian flatworms reproduce by tearing off pieces of themselves to regenerate new worms. Now, researchers have discovered that this process is controlled ...
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Tiny pond worms could be used to help find new treatments for schizophrenia, study says
Tiny flatworms that normally wriggle unnoticed in ponds and rivers may hold the potential to help scientists develop new treatments for schizophrenia and addiction – while dramatically reducing the ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Freshwater planarians have prodigious regenerative abilities that enable them to form complete organisms from tiny body fragments. This ...
SPECIMENS of Planaria albissima, Vejd., a Triclad Turbellarian not hitherto known to occur in Britain, have been collected in the environs of Aberystwyth, Wales. My preliminary identification was ...
Kansas City, MO – November 18, 2021 — Among their many extraordinary feats, some planarian flatworms reproduce by tearing off pieces of themselves to regenerate new worms. Now, researchers at the ...
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