Flatworm https://refractor.io/tag/flatworm/ Flatworm en-AU Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:48:23 GMT X-ray shield lets researchers look in worms for cancer clues https://refractor.io/health-wellbeing/x-ray-shield-lets-researchers-look-in-worms-for-cancer-clues/ Planarians, or flatworms, are valuable research subjects because of their ability to regenerate

Every day, millions of stem cells zip around our bodies, creating new tissue and helping our organs function correctly. But when one of these cells travels somewhere it's not supposed to go, the result can lead to a tumor. So studying just how these vital cells move is a critical step to understanding cancer. Researchers at the University of Oxford have just provided a window into this process by building a machine that beams flatworms with x-rays that kill just enough stem cells to allow the others to move freely around while being tracked.

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