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ArticleScience advances2026

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants.

Sara Jobson, Emaline M Montgomery, Jean-François Hamel, Rachel E Sipler, Annie Mercier

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Sara JobsonDepartment of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5S7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2652-1456
Emaline M MontgomeryDepartment of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5S7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3364-872X
Jean-François HamelSociety for Exploration and Valuing of the Environment (SEVE), Portugal Cove-St. Phillips, Newfoundland and Labrador A1M 2B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0435-4127
Rachel E SiplerDepartment of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5S7, Canada.
Annie MercierDepartment of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5S7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0807-2378

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescence and immortality are central biological paradigms. While regenerative capabilities in Deuterostomia are known, the fate of lost and discarded tissues has been presumed terminal. Here, we demonstrate that explanted epidermal, connective, neural, and muscle tissue from the sea cucumber

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PMCPMC13215204

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