Monday, December 03, 2007

Worm Shack

On this weeks edition of DNA Files, I will be taking a look at the Caldwell Lab or more affectionately known as the Worm shack located on the University of Alabama's campus in Tuscaloosa. I will be taking a look at how the lab uses undergraduate students in groundbreaking work being done on a variety of diseases including Parkinson's Disease.

It is interesting how a microscopic worm can give such great insight into the human genome and how genes react to certain mechanisms. I hope I can do justice to some of the work the Caldwell Lab is doing not only to the science but the passion these researchers have for their work.

More to come later in the week...

Ryan

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