Using a computational model,researchers were able to explain, predict, and even manipulate the regeneration of the flatworm bodyMEDFORD/SOMERVILLE,Mass. (April 26, 2019)— Biologists at Tufts University have developed a computational model of planarian (flatworm) regeneration that explains how fragments of planaria determine which end should form a tail and which should form a head. The development begins to respond an essential question in regeneration research – what are the signals that determine the rebuilding of specific anatomical structures?
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