Creepy-crawlies can provide unique insights into how exercise benefits humans – but how do you get a fruit fly to drop and give you 20 or a nematode to run a marathon? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833133-000-why-fitness-training-for-worms-and-flies-could-make-humans-healthier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: nematode
Tiny worm squirts milk out of its vulva to feed its offspring
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has been used by biologists for decades, but it has been hiding a secret the whole time: it makes milk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260637-tiny-worm-squirts-milk-out-of-its-vulva-to-feed-its-offspring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny worm sacrifices itself to make milk for its hatching offspring
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has been used by biologists for decades, but it has been hiding a secret the whole time: it makes milk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260637-tiny-worm-sacrifices-itself-to-make-milk-for-its-hatching-offspring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…