<i>C. elegans</i> for Science (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

<i>C. elegans</i> for Science

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Caenorhabditis elegans -- a millimeter-long roundworm with a genetic makeup scientists understand -- will be central to a pair of Japanese Aerospace Agency investigations into muscle and bone loss of astronauts on the International Space Station in the first few months of 2015.

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