What if growing into an adult meant rewriting your cells? 🪱🔬 New #research from scientists at the Stowers Institute and @Stanford reveals how the marine acorn worm transforms from a swimming larva into a seafloor-dwelling adult, not by replacing its cells, but by reprogramming many of the cells it already has. Using single-cell sequencing, researchers found that larval cells persist through metamorphosis while dramatically changing their molecular identities. The #discovery offers a new window into just how flexible cell identity can be, and could help #scientists better understand why that flexibility is much more limited in humans. Read more: bit.ly/4hF99Mp @Planaria1