Stanford scientists have discovered a new type of immune cell that kills surrounding cells via explosion—a cellular ...

Dubbed “ruptoblasts,” hormonal triggers cause these cells to detonate and wipe out the surrounding cells within minutes. Although flatworms are distant relatives of humans, this finding could inspire ...

Residents are seeing these worms often enough that some now carry salt and plastic bags when they are outside.

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 ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being able to regrow whole bodies from small fragments—and discovered something ...

Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as rabbits, according to new research. The paper, published in Toxicology in Vitro, shows how the use of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new, accurate screening tool for clinical skin products has been developed which uses flatworms rather than rabbits. Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other ...