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High-throughput screening in Caenorhabditis elegans identified a compound that distinctly regulates fat storage and feeding, highlighting new players in energy homeostasis.

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Figure 1: High-throughput phenotypic screening for fat accumulation in C. elegans.

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Wagner, B. Low-fat worms on drugs. Nat Chem Biol 7, 194–195 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.540

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