King Richard III had a roundworm infection, scientists claim
Researchers from Cambridge University analyse soil sample from pelvis and find eggs where intestine would have beenRichard III suffered from a roundworm infection, according to research carried out on his skeleton.The body of the king, who ruled England from 1483-85, was discovered last year by archaeologists at the University of Leicester, and scientists have since been undertaking careful analysis of the remains.A team of researchers led by Dr Piers Mitchell, of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, used a powerful microscope to examine soil samples taken from the skeleton's pelvis and s...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 4, 2013 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Infectious diseases News Medical research Microbiology Richard III UK news Monarchy Science Source Type: news
ScienceShot: Richard III, Begnawed by Worms
The slain English monarch also suffered from roundworms (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - September 3, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lessons from the worm: How the elderly can live an active life
(University of Michigan) When the tiny roundworm C. elegans reaches middle age -- at about 2 weeks old -- it can't quite move like it did in the bloom of youth. But rather than imposing an exercise regimen to rebuild the worm's body-wall muscles, researchers can bring the wriggle back by stimulating the animal's neurons. And, they say, pharmaceuticals might have a similar effect in mammals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Why some suffer and others are better able to cope with chronic stress
New research at Rutgers University may help shed light on how and why nervous system changes occur and what causes some people to suffer from life-threatening anxiety disorders while others are better able to cope. Maureen Barr, a professor in the Department of Genetics, and a team of researchers, found that the architectural structure of the six sensory brain cells in the roundworm, responsible for receiving information, undergo major changes and become much more elaborate when the worm is put into a high stress environment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news
Worms, search engines and porn filters | Richard P Grant
If David Cameron's porn filters had been active in 2003, the history of molecular biology might have been very differentThe furore over the ridiculous plan to force ISPs to make customers opt-in to 'adult content' (presumably such things as mortgage applications, online tax returns, etc.) reminds of a story regarding scholarly publishing.Back in the day, I was doing research in a small group in a not-obscure Laboratory in the Fens. My boss was on the editorial board of a well-respected, yet not exactly popular, journal. The sort of journal in which you would publish good, solid science that wasn't going to excite people ou...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 16, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Richard P Grant Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Science Source Type: news
Man v raccoon: there can only be one winner
Raccoons, a native North American species, seem to be taking over large parts of Europe, but the fightback begins nowMan's ongoing war with wildlife is nothing new, but that the battle is increasingly being fought against a mammal normally associated with forests. A clip of a glowing-eyed raccoon sailing through the air has already been viewed more than 5.2m times on YouTube, and GIF-ed into oblivion elsewhere on the web. The man doing the throwing is the founder of online news site Digg, Kevin Rose, pushed into action after the animal attacked his dog, Toaster, in California. In this case it was one man (and his dog) agai...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Bim Adewunmi Tags: The Guardian Blogposts Spain Germany World news Europe Animal welfare Features Animals Animal behaviour Source Type: news
Shedding Light On The Root Cause Of Some Neurodegenerative Diseases
Scientists have identified a gene that keeps our nerve fibers from clogging up. Researchers in Ken Miller's laboratory at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) found that the unc-16 gene of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a gatekeeper that restricts flow of cellular organelles from the cell body to the axon, a long, narrow extension that neurons use for signaling. Organelles clogging the axon could interfere with neuronal signaling or cause the axon to degenerate, leading to neurodegenerative disorders... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Infection With Roundworm Quells Obesity And Related Metabolic Disorders
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the journal Infection and Immunity. Gastrointestinal nematodes infect approximately 2 billion people worldwide, and some researchers believe up until the 20th century almost everyone had worms... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Roundworm quells obesity and related metabolic disorders
(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the journal Infection and Immunity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Gene patents are a hindrance to innovation | Adam Rutherford
Scientists researching diseases such as cancer are impeded by having to pay companies who own specific gene patentsYou carry a set of instructions in every cell, encrypted in DNA. Your genome, 3 billion letters of genetic code, is not only unique to you now, but is unique to every human who has ever and will ever exist. It contains about 22,000 genes and it was a surprise to geneticists on completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 that we bear so few, fewer than a roundworm. But what you might find even more shocking is that hundreds, possibly thousands of these genes are effectively owned by someone else.The bi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 24, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Adam Rutherford Tags: Comment United States Genetics Biology US supreme court guardian.co.uk Medical research Law Cancer Breast cancer Chemistry Biochemistry and molecular biology Ovarian cancer Science Comment is free Source Type: news
Roundworm Infections Threaten Organ Recipients
Title: Roundworm Infections Threaten Organ RecipientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/11/2013 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/12/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - April 12, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Roundworm Infections Threaten Organ Recipients
CDC reports on three patients who were sickened by infected donor
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Organ Transplantation, Parasitic Diseases (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How A Monoamine Neurotransmitter Acts To Coordinate A Compound Movement Through Two Different Receptors In C. elegans
New research by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School shows at the single cell level how an external stimulus sets off a molecular chain reaction in the transparent roundworm C. elegans, a process in which a single neurotransmitter coordinates and times two separate actions. These findings shed new light on how neurons translate sensory input into actions and may one day pave the way to understanding how misfiring neurons contribute to motor symptoms in neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Details of the study were published online by PLOS Biology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
How the worm turns
(University of Massachusetts Medical School) New research by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School show at the single cell level how an external stimulus sets off a molecular chain reaction in the transparent roundworm C. elegans, a process in which a single neurotransmitter coordinates and times two separate actions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Roundworms Reveal Health Benefits Of Omega Fatty Acids
New research in roundworms suggests that omega-6 fatty acids may trigger the body's natural way of recycling of faulty or worn-out cell components, a process thought to be linked to human health and longevity and whose absence may be involved in a number of diseases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
