Nematodes produce hundreds of distinct effectors, providing redundancy and a capacity for rapid adaptation. "You take one effector away and a nematode laughs and says, 'I've got 10 more,'" he said.

A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most damaging pest for U.S. soybean crops. Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to ...

When I joined the stoma care team at Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), I was welcomed into a passionate, patient-centred service. But it quickly became apparent that something ...

The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward. The researchers described the soft robot April 23 in ...

For some, part of their bowel will be removed, and they may have to live with a stoma bag, which collects their faecal waste. While surgery can alleviate the pain, living with a stoma bag isn’t ...

Nematodes can jump up to 20 times their body length - AdobeStock The device, made up of a silicone rod with a carbon-fibre spine, was made after watching high-speed video of nematodes pressing ...

Colostomy bags, also called stoma bags or ostomy bags, are pouches that collect waste from the body after a colostomy procedure, where a portion of the colon is bypassed and an opening (stoma ...

During this surgery, one end of the large intestine is brought through the abdominal wall by creating an opening in the skin known as a stoma. A pouch is then fitted to the opening, collecting faeces.

People have said ‘you look really well’ and you can appear well, but I have had chemotherapy, then radiotherapy, then a temporary stoma. “Then I was booked in for surgery to remove the ...