DMM JournalJun 23, 2023

We're excited for #Worm23 @GeneticsGSA starting this weekend in Glasgow! To get you prepped, check out this fantastic Editorial from Guy Caldwell @Wormshack_UA @UofAlabama on how the humble #worm is now a robust #PreclinicalModel

🎇https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/16/6/dmm050333/316701/ @uab_neurology #Celegans #StarTrek

Back to the future through the wormhole: Caenorhabditis elegans as a preclinical model

Summary: This Editorial provides a brief historical perspective on the transition of the nematode roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, from a purely basic research organism to a preclinical model for human disease.

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Biology OpenJan 30, 2023

Iris Lähdeniemi and Jennifer Devlin develop a reproducible and rapid tumour-lung colonisation model to study an aggressive subset of non-small cell lung #cancer (NSCLC):

https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/11/12/bio059623/285932/Development-of-an-adenosquamous-carcinoma

#NSCLC #Carcinoma #Histopathology #Metastasis #PreclinicalModel #Science #BiologyOpen #Biology #AcademicMastodon

Development of an adenosquamous carcinoma histopathology – selective lung metastasis model

Summary: In vivo modelling of tumor cell lung colonization reveals NSCLC histopathology-selective metastatic capabilities.

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