Nematode worms (IMAGE)

University of Leeds

Nematode worms

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Left: the images shows the head region of C. elegans worms with potentially harmful aggregations of alpha-synuclein (tagged with green fluorescence).

Right: the image shows worms expressing green alpha-synuclein in which the master control region has been removed, which display a non-harmful, even distribution of the protein.

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