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The researchers have since studied this process using a transparent roundworm known as C. elegans.
“These studies are done on a fully alive and intact worm that has a complete nervous system. It is unharmed during the research and allows us to see what is going on at the molecular level,” Hoerndli said.
“It was game-changing for me as a student to learn that we could find and study genes and structures found in humans in these far simpler organisms. That fact that we can do this is mind-blowing,” Hoerndli continued.
With this advanced understanding of memory, Hoerndli and his team hope to provide the medical community with a stronger toolbox for maintaining memory.
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