Nothing to squirm about: Space station worms help battle muscle and bone loss

(NASA/Johnson Space Center) Two Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency investigations on the space station help researchers seek clues to physiological problems found in astronauts by studying C. elegans -- a millimeter-long roundworm that is widely used as a model organism.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 13, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news