Multiple sensory neurons modify the gustatory preference in C. elegans

Animals show behavioral plasticity through learning. Integrated multiple sensory inputs play a key role in generating proper behavioral output. In C. elegans, behavioral responses to NaCl is plastic a...

Developmental ROS individualizes organismal stress resistance and lifespan

Recently, research by Daphne Bazopoulou and Ursula Jakob of the University of Michigan found that a transient increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), which occurs naturally during early development...

A large number of oncogenes are not on the chromosome

A research team led by Professor Paul Mischel from the Ludwig Cancer Institute at the University of California, San Diego found that a large number of oncogenes are not on the chromosome, but will fal...

Noxious heat has several effects on Caenorhabditis elegans behavior.

The nematode C. elegans turns into a protective sleep-like state while experiencing environmental stress or a short period of swimming. Team of Cheryl Van Buskirk from California State University reve...

High population density suppresses learning of harmful food

In late October 2019, a Harvard University-led team have elaborated the molecular and neural mechanisms of pheromone-related learning behaviors in C. elegans. A pheromone is known as a secreted or exc...

New CRISPR gene editing tool released

Many human genomic loci are associated with genetic diseases. Nowadays, it is possible to directly modify the genome to treat genetic diseases. Genetic editing has been achieved on animal models for t...

China approves Alzheimer's drug

On November 2, 2019, the State Drug Administration approved the application for the marketing of a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease--Nine Phase One® (Manlut sodium, code: GV-971)...

The longevity-promoting factor, TCER-1, widely represses stress resistance and innate immunity

Researchers in University of Pittsburgh demonstrated that C. elegans missing TCER-1 protein, a homolog of human TCERG1, fight off bacterial infections better than ones with intact gene. TCER-1 is foun...

Learned behaviors and memories can be genetically passed down for multiple generations

Researches by a Princeton University-led team have observed that C. elegans can transmit complex learned avoidance behaviors from parent to progeny via eggs and sperm cells, giving the offspring an inherited mechanism for surviving dangerous conditions.

DISCOVER-Seq help to reslove CRISPR off-targets

A breakthrough of creating a new technology called DISCOVER-Seq.