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A severed piece of sea cucumber refused to die, and what happened next could transform medicine

  • May 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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A severed piece of sea cucumber refused to die, and what happened next could transform medicine
From the revived corpse of Frankenstein's monster to the disembodied hand, "Thing," in the Addams Family, reanimated tissue is one of the most enduring images in science fiction. It turns out, that image has some basis in nature, according to the recent discovery of a mysterious creature that lives on the seafloor that scientists are calling a "real-life zombie."

Originally published at Phys.org

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