An "unbiased" screen for genes involved in opioid tolerance relied upon tiny worms called C. elegans. The worm genetics revealed PTCHD1 plays a key role, altering cholesterol in cell membranes.

A predatory female nematode of the genus Clarkus under the microscope. The photograph may only be used for reports related to this news release and provided that the name of the photographer is ...

One baby tardigrade had the confidence to hitch a ride on the back of one of its greatest predators — a microscopic worm ...

There, the researchers dug up almost 300 samples, two of which contained a single nematode ... came from Moscow with worms more or less in her pocket, which had survived 46,000 years, and I put them ...

AMES, Iowa – Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be ...

The tiny worms that live in garden soil ... Laboratory specialists use extraction methods to separate nematodes from soil and ...