The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...
Ancylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Hookworms are blood-sucking parasites that get their name from their characteristic hook-shaped ...
The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...
TRINITY, Texas (KTRE) - A special boil water notice could be issued for the City of Trinity as early as Tuesday after blood worms were found in some of their water storage tanks last week. The city is ...
Leeches attach to hosts, feeding on blood while secreting anticoagulants to keep the blood flowing. These parasites manipulate insects, forcing them into water where the worm completes its strange ...
Heiko Yang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of urology in the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Surgery, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for further research ...
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This Common Blood Pressure Drug Boosts Lifespan And Slows Aging in Animals
The hypertension drug rilmenidine has been found to slow aging in worms – an effect that, if it translates to humans, could ...
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