A new tool called TARDIS could help researchers build larger and more diverse populations of genetically modified #roundworms and potentially other laboratory animals. https://elifesciences.org/digests/84831/editing-the-genome-with-tardis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Give #roundworms some weed and they’ll get the munchies, study finds
Work could further our understanding of #endocannabinoid system, help drug development.
C. elegans, also experiences the munchies when dosed with #cannabinoids, according to a new paper published in the journal Current Biology. We suspect it's not a coincidence that the paper was released on April 20.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/give-a-roundworm-some-weed-and-hell-get-the-munchies-study-finds/

Carnivorous oyster #mushrooms can kill #roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/carnivorous-oyster-mushrooms-can-kill-roundworms-with-nerve-gas-in-a-lollipop/

Carnivorous oyster #mushrooms can kill #roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”

#Pleurotus #toxocysts #lethal_lollipops #octanone

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/carnivorous-oyster-mushrooms-can-kill-roundworms-with-nerve-gas-in-a-lollipop/