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Talking about aging, lysosomes have something to say

June 14, 2022 Aging, C. elegans, fatty acid signaling, Longevity, lysosomes, Research

The new findings help us understand how longevity is regulated at a whole organism level.

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Image of the Month: The laboratory worm, C. elegans

March 2, 2021 Aging, bacteria, C. elegans, Image of the month, lipid signaling, mitochondria, Research

What is transparent, as long as a credit card is thick and helps solve science mysteries? The laboratory worm, C. elegans.

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Light-activated genes illuminate the role of gut microbes in longevity

January 28, 2021 Aging, C. elegans, colanic acid, Longevity, microbiome, optogenetics, Research

Optogenetics, a method that uses light to regulate gene expression, can control gut bacterial metabolism to promote longevity.

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Watch that smell! Scents can regulate fat storage

April 9, 2020 C. elegans, fat metabolism, fat storage, odors, olfaction, Research, sense of smell

Dr. Ayse Sena Mutlu, a postdoctoral fellow at Baylor’s Huffington Center On Aging, had an intriguing question. Is it possible to change the body’s fat

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Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science

March 21, 2019 Baylor women of science, Research, Women in Science, Women's History Month

From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science!

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A worm’s lessons for living a longer, healthier life

February 26, 2019 Aging, C. elegans, fat metabolism, Longevity, lysosomes, metabolic signaling, mitochondria, oxidative tolerance, Research, sugar metabolism

Caenorhabditis elegans is a seemingly unimpressive worm. It is as long as a penny is thick, it lives in the soil feeding on microbes it

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The 2018 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Awards for Excellence in Research

May 10, 2018 DeBakey Research Awards, Research

Once again, the 2018 DeBakey Research Awards ceremony fulfilled expectations in all attendees. Not only was the event an opportunity to honor the awardees for

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Why gut bacteria might be in a recipe for longer, healthier life

September 21, 2017 C. elegans, colanic acid. mitochondria, gut microbes, Longevity, microbiome

The scientific community is increasingly aware that an organism’s interactions with the millions of microbes in their bodies – the microbiome – can influence many

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Bacteria and mitochondria have a common language

July 20, 2017 C. elegans, fat metabolism, Hedgehog, microbiome, mitochondria, NR5A, Patched

It’s not news that microbes can alter the physiology of the organisms in which they live, but the actual molecular mechanisms that mediate their interactions

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Image of the Month: Lipid droplets in the transparent worm C. elegans

June 1, 2017 Aging, animal model, C. elegans; worms, microbes and diet, Model organisms

Meet Caenorhabditis elegans, a 1-millimeter-long, transparent, free-living roundworm that is the center of attention of many research laboratories around the world, including Dr. Meng Wang‘s