C. elegans

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Age slowly, live longer

A study in C. elegans worms found that a type of small RNA molecule is essential for slowing the rate of aging and prolonging the lives of animals with a damaged reproductive system
Close-up of a C. elegans worm. Photo: shutterstock

read the mind of a worm

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"It seems that C. elegans placed a high value on the sensation of salt, using a completely different brain circuit configuration to respond," says the lead researcher. "This may be because salt often represents bacteria, which are food
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Researchers inserted artificial connections into the damaged nervous system of a worm and sycamore

Research led by Dr. Itai Rabinovitch from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University has now demonstrated that, at least in tiny worms, damaged communication between nerve cells can be restored by genetic means by implanting artificial connections in a
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Differences between the sexes - the worm version

Recently, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists compared neural networks of female and male worms, and discovered a molecular mechanism that may explain how differences between the sexes in neurological diseases in humans arise
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Three laws that dictate intergenerational epigenetic inheritance - not through changes in the DNA sequence

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Prof. Oded Ravavi's laboratory previously discovered that worms bequeath to their offspring small RNA molecules that contain information about the parents' environment, such as nutritional status, infection with viruses and even the brain activity of the parents.
C. elegans worms in a petri dish - those that reproduced sexually survived better

The advantage is that it reproduces sexually

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The "menorahs" in the nervous system of the worm. Photography - Mittal Oren-Suisa, "Science" and the Technion.

"Science" reveals: Technion researchers discovered for the first time how a certain gene "sculpts" neurons in the nervous system

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A C. elegans worm whose senescence is damaged. Photo: University of Birmingham

The recipe for a long life: the gene that regulates life span, immunity and resistance to stressful situations is found

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Patterns

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Parasitic nematodes yield new insights into the evolution of the phenomenon of parasitism

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

The secret of the worm

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Research in the worm opens a door to dealing with heart muscle diseases and old age in humans

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

The Technion researchers succeeded in isolating a gene that causes fusion between cells

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Scientists have extended the life of worms 6 times

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

From the nucleus of the atom to the human embryo

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Nobel prizes also in physics * Nobel prize for deciphering the "suicide software" of the cells

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

"The Human Genome Project is in a complete mess. We're not even close to the base"

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Prof. Ada Yonat in her laboratory, November 30, 2009. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The C. elegans worm is no longer alone

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

British scientists have succeeded in extending life in an organism

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Humans, Flies and Worms

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

The worm and the tree of knowledge

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