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SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-11-17

TOPICS: Model Organisms • Planarian • Platyhelminthes • Flatworm • Sea Star • Salamander • General Intelligence Factor • Magic In Harry Potter • Health_medical_pharma

[110 diggs @ Health] Starfish, salamanders, and planarian flatworms share a seemingly magical trait: the ability to regenerate body parts they've lost. While humans may never boast quite the same ability, scientists are perfecting ways to create different types of rep... read more »

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