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What's behind the remarkable regenerative powers of planarian worms, which can reproduce new body parts after amputation, including a whole head and brain? Researchers at the UK's University of Nottingham say it's a gene that they call "Smed-prep" (see embedded video). How significant is this discovery in the quest to find methods to grow human tissue and organs?
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Re: Lessons from Body-building Worms
