A mini-documentary discussing the remarkable regenerative capabilities of the planarian, and how HHMI researcher Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado uses them to study the biology of stem cells.

2006 Stem Cells - Planarian Regeneration and Stem Cells

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a philanthropy that supports biomedical research and science education. As part of its mission to strengthen science education, the Institute presents the Holiday Lectures on Science, an annual series that brings the latest developments in a rapidly moving field of research into the classroom.

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2006 Stem Cells - Planarian Regeneration and Stem Cells

2006 Stem Cells - Planarian Regeneration and Stem Cells