Regeneration is one of the great mysteries of biology. Planarians are flatworms capable of
dramatic feats of regeneration, which have been studied for over 2 centuries. Recent …

Planarians are a group of flatworms. Some planarian species have remarkable regenerative
abilities, which involve abundant pluripotent adult stem cells. This makes these worms a …

For successful regeneration, the identity of the missing tissue must be specified according to
the pre-existing tissue. Planarians are ideal for the study of the mechanisms underlying this …

The ability to repair damaged or lost tissues varies significantly among vertebrates. The
regenerative ability of the heart is clinically very relevant, because adult teleost fish and …

Planarian flatworms are in the midst of a renaissance as a model system for regeneration
and stem cells. Besides two well-studied model species, hundreds of species exist …

Polyps of the cnidarian Hydra maintain their adult anatomy through two developmental
organizers, the head organizer located apically and the foot organizer basally. The head …

Planarian flatworms maintain their body plan in the face of constant internal turnover and
can regenerate from arbitrary tissue fragments. Both phenomena require self-maintaining …

How positional information instructs adult tissue maintenance is poorly understood.
Planarians undergo whole-body regeneration and tissue turnover, providing a model for …

Background Planarian has attracted increasing attentions in the regeneration field for its
usefulness as an important biological model organism attributing to its strong regeneration …

The capacity for regeneration is broad in the animal kingdom. Planarians are flatworms that
can regenerate any missing body part and their regenerative powers have combined with …