Because life is often unpredictable, dynamic, and complex, all animals have evolved
remarkable abilities to cope with changes in their external environment and internal …

This Review discusses the potential usefulness of the worm Caenorhabditis elegans as a
model organism for chemists interested in studying living systems. C. elegans, a 1 mm long …

High-glycemic-index diets, as well as a sedentary lifestyle are considered as determinant
factors for the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases in …

The skin of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is composed of a simple epidermal
epithelium and overlying cuticle. The skin encloses the animal and plays central roles in …

Background The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is the predominant model
organism in biological research, being used by a huge number of laboratories worldwide …

Probiotics have been characterized as useful for maintaining the balance of host gut flora
and conferring health effects, but few studies have focused on their potential for delaying …

During animal development, a single fertilized egg forms a complete organism with tens to
trillions of cells that encompass a large variety of cell types. Cell cycle regulation is therefore …

The body size of an organism is governed by genetic and environmental factors. As an
environmental factor, food appears to be the most important for body size control in animals …

Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 (CBM 588), one of the probiotic bacterial strains used for
humans and domestic animals, has been reported to exert a variety of beneficial health …

Introduction Sedentary lifestyles and diets with high glycemic indexes are considered to be
contributing factors to the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes in humans. Metformin, a …