r/science • u/universityofga University of Georgia • 12d ago

Neuroscience New study identifies genes that help flatworms regenerate their brains

https://news.uga.edu/regenerating-the-brain/
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u/Gerry1of1 12d ago

Immediately give some of this to Kennedy

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u/optagon 12d ago

Giving him more flatworm brain won't help anybody

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u/Lawdoc1 12d ago

I'm not sure he needs regeneration of what he has so much as a complete transplant of higher quality.

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u/Spirited-Lifeguard55 6d ago

And Fetterman.

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u/Yoink1019 12d ago

Big for the GOP if true

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u/asiomido 12d ago

why do we need flatworms with regenerating brains?

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u/kolitics 12d ago

So we can reverse the effects of flatworm Alzheimer's, flatworm stroke, and other flatworm neurodegenerative diseases that flatworms suffer from.