Flatworm Given Power to Regrow Its Head, University of Oxford Study

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IF YOU can’t keep your head when all about you are losing theirs – then why not grow a new one? Decapitated flatworms have had their genes tweaked so that they can regrow a head. Some flatworms are champions at regrowing body parts, but not all flatworm species have such a talent.

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