"Our work shows that these topological defects in actin order play a central role in head regeneration, acting as mechanical organizers." By applying, using an agar gel for four days, a slight ...

The tail, however, acts like the mythological Hydra and grows two new heads, which, then, split into two separate animals. Animal regeneration requires communication across many different cell ...

Hydra vulgaris constantly replenish the cells in their heads and grow new ones to reproduce asexually. But gene expression analyses reveal that regenerating a head after an injury is a very different ...