Although there are a number of microfluidic tools used to study worms, this is the first device that can be used to observe individual worms over their entire life.

尽管已有许多微流体工具用于研究蠕虫，但这是第一种可以观测蠕虫个体整个生命周期的装置。

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For worms fed a sugary diet, life is sweet. But short.

对于被喂以甜食的虫子而言，生活是甜蜜的，却也是短暂的。

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Made by a type of soil bacterium, rapamycin has extended the life spans of yeast, flies and worms by about 25 percent.

雷帕霉素是用一种土壤细菌做成的，能将酵母、苍蝇和蠕虫的寿命延长约25%。

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Geneticist Thomas Johnson, now at the University of Colorado, showed that altering a single gene, called age-1, doubled the worms' term of life to one month.

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Footage of three-foot worms and carnivorous starfish feasting on a seal carcass at the bottom of the Antarctic, from the Life series, was shown on screens during the show.

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