Scientists from the University of Reading say that planaria—harmless flatworms found in ponds and rivers—react to brain medicines in ways similar to rodents. When given haloperidol, a drug ...

A new study has shown that small pond worms, called planaria, respond to psychiatric drugs like rodents – offering a promising new way of studying mental health conditions such as schizophrenia and ...

A new, accurate screening tool for clinical skin products has been developed which uses flatworms rather than rabbits.