Write An Essay On Stem Cell Planarian

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Kyle Anders

5/14/18

(Carra B, Ashleigh B, Alajha J)

How Stem Cells are used in a Planarian

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In order to understand and comprehend the experiment being performed there were some words that are needed to be understood about planarians. Nuymber one is obviously what is a plnarian. Planarian: a free-living flatworm that has a three-branched intestine and a tubular pharynx, typically located halfway down the body. Stem Cell: an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that can give rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation. Potency: The ability for stem cells to differentiate into specialized cells Multipotent: A type of stem cell that has the ability to become some but not all specialized cells …show more content…

The common planarian lives in freshwater streams and ponds, and feed upon small live or freshly dead animals. Of all creatures, it is planarians that have the best capacity to recover their damaged body parts/cells and regenerate them back. These once traditional classroom living beings have now turned into the subject of cutting edge hereditary examinations that can possibly illuminate us about our own science. These collectively large pluripotent undifferentiated stem cells organisms support the regenerative limit of planarians. (Aboukhatwa and Aboobaker; 2015). The purpose of this lab was to determine the planarians stem cell potency and their ability to regenerate. The stated hypothesis made by the group was, "If the planarians contain totipotent stem cells then it is guaranteed that the cut planarian will grow and reproduce body parts fully and effectively." Through a very

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