Whitney Laboratory Director and Professor of Biology Dr. Veronica Hinman provided expertise for a CNN Science article about Psolus fabricii, a type of sea cucumber native to the North Atlantic Ocean, that could help researchers better understand regeneration, wound healing, tissue maintenance and aging.
Scientists accidentally discover sea cucumber with ‘tissue immortality’
What does it mean to be alive? A new study on an astonishing sea creature suggests the answer may be more complicated than it seems.
Sea cucumber cells appear ‘immortal’ and refuse to die | CNN
Image: Psolus fabricii, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psolus_fabricii_45753191.jpg
