Posts Tagged ‘worms’
Burgess Shale yields wormy ‘missing link’
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The discovery of a strange ancient worm sets the fossil record back 200 million years for a group of creatures known as enteropneusts. Continue…
Thursday, March 14, 2013 13:36 - 4 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 9, 2013 15:09 - 0 Comments
First parasite changes risk of a second
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Infection by one type of parasite actually affects your risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors, say researchers who studied data from children in Tanzania. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 8, 2013 11:22 - 0 Comments
Worm poo reveals key to calcium signaling
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Scientists have found a new way to control calcium signaling, which is critical for heartbeat, the gut, and fertilization, among other functions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2012 12:15 - 2 Comments
No sex life leaves worms short on genes
U. MARYLAND (US) — Worms that reproduce without a mate have not only lost their mojo in the dating game of evolution, they’ve lost thousands of genes as a consequence. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2012 8:46 - 0 Comments
From worms, clues to how cells crawl around
CALTECH (US) — To learn more about human cell migration works—and goes awry—biologists have turned to a tiny roundworm. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 20, 2012 8:58 - 0 Comments
Fight parasites with compounds in worms
CORNELL (US) — A class of molecules used by all nematodes could lead to news ways to treat parasites that infects humans, animals, and crops. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 16, 2012 9:16 - 2 Comments
Humans and worms share brain ‘blueprint’
STANFORD/U. CHICAGO (US) — A genetic link between human brains and acorn worms suggests that biologists should look more broadly for vertebrates’ origins. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 28, 2012 12:20 - 0 Comments
‘Immortal’ worms use trick to beat aging
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Researchers have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the aging process to be potentially immortal. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 8, 2012 12:24 - 2 Comments
With obstacles, worms wiggle faster
NYU (US) — Obstacles in an organism’s path can help it to move faster, not slower, according to a series of experiments and computer simulations. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 10, 2012 12:24 - 1 Comment
By stopping misfolds, genes keep us healthy
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Researchers have identified a set of genes that prevent protein misfolding, a condition linked to a range of disorders, including Alzheimer’s and cancer. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 29, 2011 11:05 - 0 Comments
Worm compost keeps seedlings safe
CORNELL (US) — Worm compost is not only an ideal fertilizer, it may also prove to be an organic way to protect seeds from a pathogen that has been a scourge to farmers. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 2, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
Will worms in space lead to life on Mars?
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A microscopic worm may offer clues to how humans will cope with long-term space exploration. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2011 11:57 - 0 Comments
Worms stop and go with human-like circuits
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The strategies used by the tiny C. elegans roundworm to control its motions are remarkably similar to those used by the human brain to command movement of eyes, arms, and legs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 14, 2011 12:35 - 1 Comment
Mutant worms may tag Parkinson’s drugs
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Dopamine-deficient worms with a motor switching problem may help identify drugs that will benefit people with Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 30, 2011 20:15 - 0 Comments
Worm genome: ‘Major step’ to stop killer
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets to control a devastating parasitic disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 12, 2011 15:10 - 0 Comments
Worms early to surface after killer asteroid
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Worms may have been among the first animals to surface after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event linked to the demise of big dinosaurs. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 22, 2011 10:21 - 1 Comment
Worms keep the peace in ‘Spore Wars’
U. CARDIFF (UK) — Lice, millipedes, and worms act as woodland diplomats, ensuring the survival of weaker species of fungi that compete with stronger creatures for space and resources. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 12, 2011 12:27 - 4 Comments
‘Worms from hell’ 2 miles underground
PRINCETON (US) — On what he likes to call “underground safaris,” a geoscientist made a startling discovery: tiny worms living nearly two-and-a-half miles beneath the Earth’s surface. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 31, 2011 10:27 - 0 Comments
From worms, clues to how iron moves
U. MARYLAND (US) — To understand more about how humans and other organisms internally transport iron, scientists turned to an unlikely partner: a bloodless worm. (more…)
