Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as rabbits, according to new research. A team at the University of Reading and Newcastle University have ...

Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as rabbits, according to new research. A team at the University of Reading and Newcastle University have ...

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

Biologists at Tufts University have succeeded in inducing one species of flatworm to grow heads and brains characteristic of another species of flatworm without altering genomic sequence. The work ...

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

There’s a real risk. Officials issue warning after several sightings of dangerous 'hammerhead worm': 'Don't kill it, don't ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers report in the journal Developmental Cell that they have identified genes that control growth and regeneration of the intestine in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

Oct. 1 (UPI) --Flatworms known as planaria could soon replace rabbits and other animals as reliable test models for topical skin products, according to a new study. The use of rabbits and other ...

Nelson Hall wants you to know that the googly-eyed flatworm he just sliced into four pieces is going to be OK. In fact, it's going to be great. Three of the flatworm's four pieces have started to ...

Tiny flatworms which usually live in ponds, rivers and streams could replace lab rats in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental health disorders, after ...

Why are so few species able to regenerate damaged or missing body parts, even though regeneration might seem an obvious survival advantage? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for ...