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Contact: Lee Siegel
leesiegel@ucomm.utah.edu
801-581-8993
University of Utah
Caption: Shown here are a normal round worm (top) and a constipated round worm (bottom). The arrow points to the constipated worm's gut, which is swollen with waste because scientists crippled the worm's ability to use protons like neurotransmitters.
Credit: Paola Nix, University of Utah.
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