Flatworms are infamous in biology labs for their surreal ability to regenerate heads when you decapitate them. Now, ...

The microscopic flatworm (Stenostomum brevipharyngium) is one of nature's weirder creatures. Chop off its head, and it'll ...

Flatworms can rebuild themselves from just a small fragment, and now scientists know why. Their stem cells ignore nearby ...

The freshwater flatworm Stenostomum brevipharyngium is, by all accounts, a simple fellow. The worm is small and entirely soft ...

Stowers scientists uncover new principles guiding how flatworm stem cells regenerate body parts, revealing clues that could advance tissue repair and regenerative medicine in humans. Stem cells in ...

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, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this ...

Reproduction in the animal world can be complicated at the best of times. But far from the flashy birds or mammals competing ...

Planarian stem cells can be “independent” and turn into any type of cell without needing a nearby niche, a new study indicates.

The human body has good reason for its tighter controls. Cells that multiply unchecked are the roots of cancer. “Our hope is ...