by Elsa Hahne, Louisiana State University C. elegans, commonly known as roundworms, treated with Artemisia scoparia lived up to 40 percent longer and grew visibly fatter and stockier. Credit: Bhaswati Ghosh, LSU A research team in the Louisiana State University Department of Biological Sciences led by Assistant Professor Adam Bohnert has published a landmark study...
Donavyn Coffey A new study suggests that tiny, clear nematodes can sniff out early-stage pancreatic cancer. Research shows Caenorhabditis elegans (C elegans) are attracted to the odor certain chemicals give off — a behavior known as attractive chemotaxis — and early evidence indicates these scents may include human cancer cell secretions, cancer tissues, and urine from patients with...
SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE LA JOLLA, CALIF. – December 11, 2019 – Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that worms live longer lives if they produce excess levels of a protein, p62, which recognizes toxic cell proteins that are tagged for destruction. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, could...
Parasitic worms cause cancer — and could help cure it FRONTIERS Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related malnourishment. What may surprise many is that worms also cause the majority of cancer cases in these countries. Published in Frontiers in Medicine as a special article...
