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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Could we soon REGROW our limbs? Scientists manage to get a non-regenerative worm to grow a new head

Could we soon REGROW our limbs? Scientists manage to get a non-regenerative worm to grow a new head | Mail Online: "Humans could one day regrow lost limbs after scientists managed to get a non-regenerative species of worm to regrow its head.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden discovered a molecular switch that controls the passing of information between cells.

By switching this off, the flatworm was able to then regenerate its own head when it had previously been unable to."

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