A new study from Michigan Medicine reveals that roundworms may have a surprising ability: detecting the scent of death. Led by Dr. Matthias Truttmann and graduate student Mirella Hernandez-Lima, the research explores how exposure to dying cells affects the worms in unexpected ways—and pinpoints the sensory pathways involved. Published in Cell Reports, this work opens up intriguing questions about how life senses death at the cellular level.
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