Scientist have been using the flatworm Marcostomum ligando to find pathways operating in stem cells that is used in the regenerating capabiloties. But to understand better they needed to sequence the genome. This information is used to better understand it's gene expression changes during regeneration. From what has been looked at it looks like many of the development pathways that are present in humans are also present in the worms. From here the study to find out if these pathways are used in regeneration. Researchers believe this is a very important species for stem cells research.
This article can be found herehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150921153459.htm
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