The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The ...

In daf-2 and daf-16 mutant strains, baicalein demonstrated partial dependence on the IIS pathway for its protective effects. Conclusions:This study established a DSS-induced UC model in C. elegans and ...

Researchers have identified that species in the gut microbiome can produce sphingolipids that protect the host from pathogens ...

I decided that I, too, needed to attend the Longwood Area Worm Meeting. Thus began a trip into the world of C. elegans worms and the people who love them. In 25 years as a writer in Boston, I’ve ...

This valuable study concerns a model for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, the learned avoidance by C. elegans of the PA14 pathogenic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A recent study ...

Study finds that the pace of evolution in organisms differs depending on the type of cells involved. A new study finds that ...

Wake County deputies arrested a Raleigh man in April for accusations he cut out a dog’s intestines. Joseph Andrew Clark, 59, is charged with felony animal cruelty.

The well-studied NF-κB signaling system is a key mediator of the inflammatory response. Large-scale sequencing studies in ...

The decorated contraceptive unveiled at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is thought to be a brothel souvenir and was likely made from a sheep’s appendix in 1830.