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Nature 448, 522 (2 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448522b; Published online 1 August 2007
Flatworms' starring role in stem-cell research
Heidi Ledford
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Abstract
Biologists hope insight into cell differentiation and communication will transfer to humans.
Tiny channels provide corridors of communication between adult stem cells and their differentiated neighbours, a study has found. The finding could be an important step towards determining how to control the development of adult stem-cell identity, but there's a catch — it was discovered in the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea.
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