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whitehead home > research news > search news archives > 2005 news stories > flatworms yield insights into the mystery of regeneration > planarian worms

(Top) Adult planarian flatworms are typically six millimeters long. Chop them in half and you'll get two new animals. Chop them into twenty pieces, and you'll get twenty new animals.

(Bottom) Planarian neoblasts, or stem cells, are shown here in red. While they are technically adult stem cells, they are as versatile as embryonic stem cells.

Last updated November 22, 2005.

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