Longevity may be associated with olfactory perception of harmful substances (IMAGE)

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Longevity may be associated with olfactory perception of harmful substances

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The red blotches in this image of the nematode C. elegans are a pair of neurons with the UPRER pathway activated in response to the odorant molecule 1-undecene 

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Evandro de Souza & Max Thompson

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