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)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 13, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Encyclopedia of how genomes function gets much bigger
A big step in understanding the mysteries of the human genome has been unveiled in the form of three analyses that provide the most detailed comparison yet of how the genomes of the fruit fly, roundworm, and human function. The analyses will likely offer insights into how the information in the human genome regulates development, and how it is responsible for diseases. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 27, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Encyclopedia of how genomes function gets much bigger
(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A big step in understanding the mysteries of the human genome was unveiled today in the form of three analyses that provide the most detailed comparison yet of how the genomes of the fruit fly, roundworm, and human function. The analyses will likely offer insights into how the information in the human genome regulates development, and how it is responsible for diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 27, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Parasitic worms sniff out their victims as 'cruisers' or 'ambushers'
It has been speculated that soil-dwelling parasitic worms use their sense of smell to find suitable hosts for infection. New research comparing odor-driven behaviors in different roundworm species reveals that olfactory preferences reflect host specificity rather than species relatedness, suggesting that olfaction indeed plays an important role in host location. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 14, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Parasitic worms sniff out their victims as 'cruisers' or 'ambushers'
(PLOS) It has been speculated that soil-dwelling parasitic worms use their sense of smell to find suitable hosts for infection. Research published on Aug. 14 in PLOS Pathogens comparing odor-driven behaviors in different roundworm species reveals that olfactory preferences reflect host specificity rather than species relatedness, suggesting that olfaction indeed plays an important role in host location. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 14, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Effects of starvation can be passed to future generations, through small RNAs apparently without DNA involvement
A new study, involving roundworms, shows that starvation induces specific changes in so-called small RNAs and that these changes are inherited through at least three consecutive generations, apparently without any DNA involvement. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 17, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study shows how effects of starvation can be passed to future generations
(Columbia University Medical Center) A new study, involving roundworms, shows that starvation induces specific changes in small RNAs and that these changes are inherited through at least three consecutive generations, without any DNA involvement. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Beneficial organisms react differently to parasite drug
The substance ivermectin has been used for more than thirty years all over the world to combat parasites like roundworms, lice and mites in humans, livestock and pets. The active ingredient belongs to the chemical group of avermectins, which generally disrupt cell transport and thus attack pests. When ivermectin is excreted in the feces of treated animals, at overly high doses it also harms dung-degrading beneficial insects like dung beetles and dung flies. This impairs the functioning of the ecosystem. In extreme cases the dung is not decomposed and the pasture is destroyed. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 14, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
[Perspective] ROS Open Roads to Roundworm Infection
Parasitic worms use plant reactive oxygen species to establish a feeding site. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - April 8, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Baomin Feng and Libo Shan Source Type: news
Google’s Calico Start-up to Sequence Whole Human Genomes of Healthy 100-Year-Olds in Project to Solve Puzzle of Human Aging
If successful, the knowledge gained from this research may provide new tools and medical laboratory tests that pathologists can use in the management of geriatric patients Google’s founders believe that analysis of the genomes of people who live to be 100 years old and are relatively healthy will allow them to solve the puzzle of […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - March 26, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Digital Pathology Instruments & Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology anti-aging CHARGE Apple Arthur Levinson big data biotech C. Elegans roundworms Calico California Life Company clinical laborator Source Type: news
New depths of complexity in nerve cells discovered
Research from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation reveals a new complexity to nerve cells in the brain that could affect future therapies aimed at altering mood and memory in humans.OMRF scientist Kenneth Miller, Ph.D., studied the function of a common protein (known as CaM Kinase II) in tiny roundworms called C. elegans. His research appears in the latest issue of the journal Genetics. "CaM Kinase II is very abundant in the brain, so it has been heavily studied," Miller said. "But this is the first time anybody has seen results like this. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Banana plant fights off crop's invisible nemesis: Roundworms
The banana variety Yangambi km5 produces toxic substances that kill the nematode Radopholus similis, a roundworm that infects the root tissue of banana plants -- to the frustration of farmers worldwide. The finding bodes well for the Grande Naine, the export banana par excellence, which is very susceptible to the roundworms. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 5, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Banana plant fights off crop's invisible nemesis: Roundworms
(KU Leuven) The banana variety Yangambi km5 produces toxic substances that kill the nematode Radopholus similis, a roundworm that infects the root tissue of banana plants -- to the frustration of farmers worldwide. The finding bodes well for the Grande Naine, the export banana par excellence, which is very susceptible to the roundworms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 5, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mapping the mind of a mating male
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) A comprehensive reconstruction of the neuronal circuits for mating behaviors in the adult male roundworm won the 2013 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
How Do You Treat Pinworms?
Discussion
Pinworm infection is a parasitic infection caused by the roundworm, Enterobius vermicularis. A person is directly infected by fecal-oral transmission of eggs or indirectly such as through contaminated clothing or bedding. It is frequently seen in children and can easily pass to family members especially in crowded conditions. People can become easily reinfected. It is endemic worldwide. Incubation period is usually 1-2 months and eggs can survive outside humans for 2-3 weeks. Humans are the only known reservoir.
Adult worms migrate at night from the anus to the perianal skin and vulvar areas causing anal or vul...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
