Regenerative stem cell identified and isolated in planaria flatworms (hhmi.org)

Tldr: planarians, which are flatworms that can regenerate an entire organism, have a specific stem cell that a single cell can regenerate an entire organism. This specific cell has finally been found.

This can allow, hopefully, the study of human regeneration and perhaps drugs/cellular techniques that can restart human regeneration after previously impossible to fix injuries.

the deadpools of the animal kingdom. I want to be able to chop off a tiny piece of skin, then make a clone to do my bidding.