News articles tagged with 'worm'
Microscopic worms could hold the key to living life on Mars
— 2 Dec 2011 10:26 | BiologyThe astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have up sticks and colonise space. But is the human body up to the challenge?…
Nature study shows common lab dye is a wonder drug - for worms
— 31 Mar 2011 15:42 | HealthBasic Yellow 1, a dye used in neuroscience laboratories around the world to detect damaged protein in Alzheimer's disease, is a wonder drug for nematode worms. In a study appearing…
Dine or dash? Genes help decide when to look for new food
— 17 Mar 2011 20:24 | BiologyFor worms, choosing when to search for a new dinner spot depends on many factors, both internal and external: how hungry they are, for example, how much oxygen is in the air, and how…
Worms strike see-saw balance in disease resistance
— 3 Mar 2011 12:29 | BiologyNew research, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has shown that nematode worms have to trade-off resistance to different diseases, gaining…
Eggs' quality control mechanism explained
— 18 Feb 2011 16:47 | BiologyTo protect the health of future generations, body keeps a careful watch on its precious and limited supply of eggs. That's done through a key quality control process in oocytes (the…
Xenacoelomorpha - a new phylum in the animal kingdom
— 17 Feb 2011 17:51 | BiologyAn international team of scientists including Albert Poustka from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin has discovered that Xenoturbellida and the acoelomorph worms,…
Simple marine worms distantly related to humans
— 10 Feb 2011 19:49 | BiologyTwo groups of lowly marine worms are related to complex species including vertebrates (such as humans) and starfish, according to new research. Previously thought to be an evolutionary…
Revisited human-worm relationships shed light on brain evolution
— 10 Feb 2011 18:43 | Biology'Man is but a worm' was the title of a famous caricature of Darwin's ideas in Victorian England. Now, 120 years later, a molecular analysis of mysterious marine creatures unexpectedly…
Exposure to worm infection in the womb may protect against eczema, study suggests
— 28 Jan 2011 17:03 | HealthExposure to worm infections in the womb may protect a newborn infant from developing eczema, a study funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests. A large trial in Uganda showed that treating…
Star performer in basic biology labs diagnosed with first virus
— 26 Jan 2011 19:01 | BiologyA workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn't be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Jacques Monod Institute in France…