The Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of Russia Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region.
The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Brief summary
We investigated the effect of low-temperature argon plasma on the regenerative processes in the classical biological model - flatworm planarian. It were found regimes, differ from sterilization, during which 2 or 5-minute irradiation of the low-temperature argon plasma stimulates the regenerating planarians, accelerates growth of the head blastema. Thus, we revealed the possibility of using special regime of low-temperature plasma for activation of stem cells in regenerating tissues in vivo.
Key words
low temperature argon plasma, planarian, regeneration, stem cells.
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