Planarians are members of the Platyhelminthes (flatworms). These animals have evolved a
remarkable stem cell system. A single pluripotent adult stem cell type (“neoblast”) gives rise …

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 …

Planarians are flatworms capable of regenerating any missing body region. This capacity is
mediated by neoblasts, a proliferative cell population that contains pluripotent stem cells …

The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is being studied as a model species for
regeneration, but the assembly of planarian genomes remains challenging. Here, we report …

Abstract Background The liver fluke Fasciola hepatica is a major pathogen of livestock
worldwide, causing huge economic losses to agriculture, as well as 2.4 million human …

Many long‐lived species of animals require the function of adult stem cells throughout their
lives. However, the transcriptomes of stem cells in invertebrates and vertebrates have not …

Having an almost unlimited capacity to regenerate tissues lost to age and injury, planarians
have long fascinated naturalists. In the Western hemisphere alone, their documented history …

The amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis is a blossoming model system for studies of
developmental mechanisms and more recently regeneration. We have sequenced the …

A major goal of regenerative medicine and bioengineering is the regeneration of complex
organs, such as limbs, and the capability to create artificial constructs (so-called biobots) …

Freshwater planaria possess extreme regeneration capabilities mediated by abundant,
pluripotent stem cells (neoblasts) in adult animals. Although planaria emerged as an …