Neurological diseases represent a broad and growing class of disorders, whose prevalence is expected to rise in the coming years due to population aging and ...

Genetically modified nematodes provide a new disease model to screen potential treatments for a rare neurogenetic disorder ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants and whales, needs a way for their cells to work together. Cells have a variety of protein receptors on their surfaces that connect ...

New research in C. elegans from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) helps explain how changes in the parents’ lysosomes that promote longevity are transferred to their offspring.

On September 5th, Amanda Ray, a graduate student at the Hopkins’ Gordus Lab, presented her dissertation defense, titled “Understanding How Sensory and Motor Information are Processed in a Neuron of ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...

The Santa Ana winds were already blowing hard when I ran the first worm simulation. I’m no hacker, but it was easy enough: Open a Terminal shell, paste some commands from GitHub, watch characters ...

RNAConnect, developer of enzymatic tools for visualizing and manipulating RNA, today announced the release of the UltraMarathonRT ® Two-Step RT-qPCR Kit, a next-generation tool for RNA researchers ...

As a model organism, the genetically tractable nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has helped revolutionize modern life sciences, e.g. discoveries and applications of programmed cell death, RNA ...

New researchers uncover the role of Piezo channels that sense pressure in the digestive tract and regulate swallowing behavior. The research opens new opportunities for developing treatments for ...