When the older planarians' heads were removed, however, they generated new heads with normal eyes. Further studies found that worms that had undergone regeneration also saw improved fertility as ...

When the older planarians’ heads were removed, however, they generated new heads with normal eyes. Further studies found that worms that had undergone regeneration also saw improved fertility as ...

The wandering broadhead planarian (Bipalium adventitium), or hammerhead worm, was first sighted in Ontario in 2017, and the potentially dangerous invasive species of large carnivorous landworm has ...

This mission marks the first time that space regeneration experiments with flatworms will be conducted in mainland China, opening new avenues for understanding biological processes in space. Flatworms ...

Aging and rejuvenation in planarian eyes. Credit: Nature Aging (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-025-00847-9 The team led by Longhua Guo at the University of Michigan is studying these worms to understand ...

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China is set to launch its Shenzhou-20 mission that will carry three astronauts to the Chinese space station, as Beijing ...

The new species belongs to a group of flatworms known as planarians, which are typically non-parasitic. The new species was found on the Leizhou Peninsula, on the southern coast of China. The research ...

The worms were kept in a laboratory environment ... The new species belongs to a group of flatworms known as planarians, which are typically non-parasitic. The new species was found on the Leizhou ...