{
  "id": 14959394,
  "title": "RiboTRAP-seq identifies spatially distinct functions for the anterior and posterior intestine in immune and metabolic regulation in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ribotrap-seq-identifies-spatially-distinct-functions-for-the-anterior",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "eLife",
    "slug": "elife",
    "url": "https://elifesciences.org/articles/109237"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The intestine integrates food-derived cues to coordinate organismal physiology, yet the molecular specialization of discrete regions along the intestinal epithelium remains unclear. Here, we generate cell type-specific translatomes of the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine during fasting and refeeding using discrete promoters for the anterior quartet of intestinal cells (INT1) and the remaining…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}