Ageing
Model organism
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SubscribeAgeing in worms
The story of a super model
The development of model organisms has been crucial to our understanding of biology, including ageing research. Molecular biologist Gino Poulin explains why C. elegans, a microscopic worm, has become the ‘super’ model to help scientists understand how ageing is regulated
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