Durham >> Earthworms: They wiggle, squiggle and jiggle and kids of all ages love learning about them when they visit the Worm Farm Learning Foundation. “We cater to all kids. We’ve had every age and ...

Dietary restriction -- the reduction of a specific nutrient or total dietary intake without triggering malnutrition -- increases longevity and improves learning, but are these processes regulated ...

A billion people living in underdeveloped areas around the world are infected with parasitic helminthes, worms that survive by residing in and feeding on their hosts. These infestations can cause ...

Researchers have finally discovered how ivermectin, one of the most important worm-killing drugs used in both humans and animals for decades, actually works. Ivermectin, extracted from a soil fungus ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 28, 2023) – A tiny worm called the C. elegans is enabling scientists to explore the emerging theory that Parkinson’s disease starts in the gut. Key to the condition known to produce ...