It was long believed that the Dracunculus medinensis parasite, which causes guinea worm disease in humans, has a fairly simple life cycle: A person drinks water contaminated with copepods, or water ...
A popular dietary supplement, Coenzyme Q, accelerates aging and death in a microscopic worm studied by UCLA biochemists. Adult worms on a diet without Coenzyme Q live 60 percent longer than those on a ...