Body builders — planarian worms point the way to understanding tissue regeneration

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Uploaded by on Apr 23, 2010

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regenerate its own body parts after amputation — including a whole head and brain.

Their research into the Planarian worm is another piece in the scientific jigsaw that could one day make the regeneration of old or damaged human organs and tissues a real possibility.

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  • One of a kind clips of minute creatures!

  • regeneration in Polydora is much more dramatic if you ask me

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