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From The Labs

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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New insights into the fate of dying cells

May 10, 2022 autophagy,  C. elegans,  CED-1,  dying cells,  DYN-1,  lysosomes,  phagocytosis,  Research

The Zhou lab reveals a new player in the elimination of dying cells and identifies a mechanism for the process.

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In a cell-eat-cell world calcium ions regulate exposure of ‘eat-me’ signal in necrotic cells

May 6, 2021 C. elegans,  calcium ions,  necrosis,  neurons,  phagocytosis,  phosphatidylserine,  Research

New insights into the process of necrosis suggest that modulating the ‘eat-me’ signal may help reduce the toxic effects of cell death.

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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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Chromatin stress: ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger’

July 25, 2019 aging cells,  C. elegans,  chromatin stress,  Longevity,  Research,  Saccharomyces cerevisiae

An unsuspected form of stress has surprised researchers with the unforeseen consequence of extending life. In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Weiwei

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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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Image of the Month: Top Three Most Viewed Images of the Month, 2017

December 5, 2017 Batten disease,  C. elegans,  lipid droplets,  tumor blood vessels

Each month, From the Labs posts an image representative of research conducted at Baylor College of Medicine. These three are the most viewed images of

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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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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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