The study "Growth on stiffer substrates impacts animal health and longevity in C. elegans" appeared online in PLOS ONE on ...

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has developed an efficient and robust system, using the ...

Another advantage of using C. elegans is that these worms have a simple ... a receptor protein that is activated by an "insulin-like" growth factor. This signaling pathway is analogous to the ...