Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Posted: **Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:20 am**

How does worm regeneation help humans or what is the link between the two?

Posted: **Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:14 pm**

Hi,

Here are some articles that may be of interest for you:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... tists.html

http://www.jyi.org/news/nb.php?id=293

http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/n ... 5/05/67404

Scientists are looking at certain genes within worms that allow for this regeneration process. The link between the two
may lie in specific stem cells that is responsible for regeneration among worms.

worm regeneration