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The model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) are trailblazers. These tiny, transparent roundworms have played an outsized role in our study and understanding of life. Here are five scientific firsts that make these worms legendary: 1. First multicellular organism to…
Read More C. elegans – Trailblazers in Science, and in the Classroom
When it comes to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we often think in terms of complex organisms. Species like humans or mice are key players in biomedical research and molecular biology. However, in the world of biology, a tiny, transparent roundworm called…
Read More C. elegans: The Tiny Worm That Transformed Science and Won Nobel Prizes
Each year, the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden awards five Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology/medicine. The Nobel Prize is a prestigious achievement awarded “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit…
Each year five Nobel prizes are awarded in physiology/medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, and peace to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to society”. Winners of the Nobel prize in medicine or physiology have transformed how…
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