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Planarian worms have an amazing ability to regenerate body parts following amputation. These remarkable creatures contain adult stem cells that are constantly dividing and can become all of the missing cell types. They also have the right set of genes working to make this happen exactly as it should so that when they re-grow body parts they end up in the right place and have the correct size, shape, and orientation. (Credit: Daniel Felix/U. Nottingham)
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Scientists have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regrow its whole head and brain—and other body parts—after amputation. Continue…
