WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The soybean farmer's biggest enemy – a tiny parasitic worm known as the soybean cyst nematode – will soon not be a worry, thanks to Purdue University scientists and Midwestern ...

Tiny soil worms called nematodes usually feast on bacteria or algae, and have tiny mouths to suit their diet. But give a baby ...

The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has been an important model for four decades now, because of its rapid genetics, simple nervous system (302 neurons) and stereotyped development. What the ...

This important study will allow for a better understanding of anthelmintic drug resistance in nematodes, a growing concern for public health. The authors provide a detailed analysis of the role of UBR ...

The prize was awarded for development of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans into what is now one of scientific community's favourite genetic models. Sydney Brenner (now president of the ...

"In an inspired 'lightbulb' moment, he decided to use the same algorithm to search parasitic nematode transcriptomes," ...

Going into a dormant phase may help animals coexist with competitors, experiments with nematode worms suggest.

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa. Until recently, details about this ...

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa. Until recently, details about this ...

Within the world of nematodes, however, they’d like to differ on that viewpoint. This is demonstrated succinctly after researchers coaxed a batch of these worms back into action after they had ...

Japanese researchers say that they have come up with an accurate method to detect cancer by using nematodes and human urine. Their findings show that Caenorhabditis elegans- roundworms that are ...