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Lifespan Machine studies random variation in worm death (VIDEO)

02-Feb-2016

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Fascinating video of analysis of differences in lifespan of identical organisms.

Harvard Medical School experiment tracks 10,000s of tiny C. elegans worms simultaneously.

Uses 100s petri dishes in 50 scanners.

Each individual worm scanned every hour.

Worms age similarly to humans – get slower and fatter.

Genetically identical and in identical environment – but die at different times.

Spread not driven by genetics.

Random range stretches whether improve or worsen conditions or genes.

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Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

Nicholas Stroustrup

Biologist and engineer, research fellow in the Department of Systems Biology at HMS.

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Life Expectancy