Patent ID: 8216592

Claim:
A C. elegans infection method for testing the effect of a compound on an organism, the method comprising: infecting at least one strain of C. elegans with the organism; dividing the infected C. elegans into a treatment group and a control group; treating the infected C. elegans in the treatment group with at least one desired compound; and measuring the effect of the compound on the organism, wherein measuring the effect of the compound on the organism comprises: pulverizing the infected C. elegans from the treatment group and pulverizing the infected C. elegans from the control group; culturing the pulverized infected C. elegans from the treatment group and culturing the pulverized infected C. elegans from the control group; and comparing the number of cultured organisms from the pulverized infected C. elegans treatment group to the number of cultured organisms from the pulverized infected C. elegans control group, wherein a lesser number of cultured organisms from the pulverized infected C. elegans treatment group compared to the number of cultured organisms from the pulverized infected C. elegans control group indicates the compound has a negative effect on the organism.