Cancer
Japanese scientists use worms to kill cancer cells
The team from Osaka University discovered that it is possible to encase the worms in a hydrogel shell containing compounds useful as cancer drugs.
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Animal world
The worms in the mouth force the tarantula to starve to death
When infected with worms, the tarantula spider will stop eating and may exhibit strange behaviors such as tiptoe. It can fast until it dies...
Health
8 dangerous diseases you can catch from dogs
People who have direct contact with dogs may spread rabies, ringworm, dermatitis, roundworm infection, hookworm, hookworm and tapeworm infection.
Biology
Change host color
Over the past 12 years, biologists from the University of Liverpool (UK) have studied a strange round worm that can discolor its host parasite into red to alert the enem…
Biology
Biological clock: Find the time-controlling gene in C.elegans
It's just a worm, a small roundworm that lives in the soil - but has a great significance for biomedical and biological cycles day and night ...
Biology
10 small enemies eat on human bodies
Hookworms, scabies, roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms ... are parasites that cause people many unpleasant, annoying, even life-threatening diseases.
Biology
The evolution of sleep
The roundworm C. elegans, the main subject of research, may be the key to opening the door to one of the central biological mysteries: Why we sleep. Researchers at the U…
Animal world
True story: Worm species find food thanks to complex mathematical programming
Like most worms, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans relies on the sense of smell to find food.
Animal world
Worms have 5 different faces
A new species of ascaris discovered on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean develops five faces with separate mouth sections to digest different foods.
Animal world
Detection of mating behavior
A recent study of bisexual animals shows that female nematodes die faster if they mate with males.
Medicine - Health
Medical mystery reveals a new host of parasitic roundworms on mice
When a 78-year-old woman was hospitalized in Guangzhou, China in November 2012 complained of a headache, stiffness and stiff neck, doctors were initially confused.
Medicine - Health
Finding out the mechanism of death of the roundworm, we will take a step closer to immortality
While human corpses harden at the end of death, worms have periods that are contrary to us.
Medicine - Health
Why are intestinal parasites not digested in our bodies?
It is a nightmare to know that our bodies are home to helminths. They still grow up in our stomachs and intestines without being digested like food.
Medicine - Health
Ascaris help solve infertility in women?
The parasite, it sounds really scary, but up to 10 of us are nurturing them somewhere on the body.
Medicine - Health
Find the 'non-aging youthful' remedy from worms
Recently, scientists have discovered a species of worms that can stop aging, bringing hope to experts who create a drug for humans.