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A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile MarginDeep sea ...

The scientists uncovered 91 RNA viruses in 28 of the worm species studied, representing about 70% of the roundworm species that infect humans. This study represents "the beginning of a whole other ...

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The emergence of drug-resistant parasites thwarts efforts to control human malaria. How can we understand the mechanism of drug-resistance evolution and build a strategy to delay it? So far ...

Ruvkun proved that microRNA was present in a wide array of animals, including humans, that the wider research community finally acquiesced. Even though worms are leagues simpler than the human ...