Artificial Intelligence Reverse Engineers Regenerative Model (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Artificial Intelligence Reverse Engineers Regenerative Model

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Tufts University biologists developed an artificial intelligence system that for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria--the small worms whose extraordinary power to regrow body parts makes them a research model in human regenerative medicine. The discovery presents the first model of regeneration discovered by a non-human intelligence and the first comprehensive model of planarian regeneration, which has eluded human scientists for a century.

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Daniel Lobo/Michael Levin-Tufts University

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