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 ...

Freshwater planarians, found around the world and commonly known as "flatworms," are famous for their regenerative prowess. Through a process called "fission," planarians can reproduce asexually by ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The invasive terrestrial planarian Bipalium kewense is found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate zones. The rate of spread and ecological ...

The possibility to use the fine structure of ooplasmic inclusions in the classification of fresh-water triclads has led to an examination of numerous planarian species. It was found that in the genera ...

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 ...

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 ...

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