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		Worms regrow their decapitated heads, along with the memories inside (theverge.com)
		13 points by bproper on July 10, 2013 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

Eva_Peron on July 10, 2013 | [–]

I think one Herbert West, MD lately of Miskatonic University in Massachusetts would be particularly interested in this study.

kghose on July 10, 2013 | [–]

Paper at: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2013/06/27/jeb.08780...

Folks might be interested in learning more about the original 1960s study referenced in the current paper

- http://everything2.com/title/The+ability+of+planarian+worms+...

- http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/06/memory-transfer.aspx

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