The Drosophila microbiome regulates the cycling of gut metabolites in a circadian clock and diet-dependent manner.

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered that an oral drug called MA-5 can improve both heart and muscle problems in ...

A wide variety of animals have been previously used in animal testing, including mice, flies, and monkeys. A particularly useful model organism is Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the ...

When the macrophages’ ability to consume dying cancer cells or Upd3 production was decreased, tumor growth was significantly ...

The ability to tolerate toxic substances can help animals find new food sources and thrive in certain ecological niches. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have now ...

"In the Drosophila model we can pinpoint exactly where these substances are active because we are able to analyze the entire signaling chain," Strauss pointed out.

Researchers have studied gene expression dynamics during metamorphosis in two species of flies. Published in the Genome Biology and Evolution, the study aims to identify patterns of changes in gene ...

Gliomas are the most common brain tumors. Adult gliomas frequently present molecular alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its associated signaling pathways. In recent work, ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes are a group of disorders associated with tumors that are prevalent in patients with lymphatic, lung, ovarian or breast cancers.

Today, thousands of neuroscientists use fruit flies to study learning, memory, sleep, aggression, addiction and neural disorders – not to mention cancer and ageing, processes of development, the ...

Utilize genomics, metabolomics, and Drosophila models to solve undiagnosed diseases for families. The long-term goal of the Wangler lab is to improve understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of ...

Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly Insights from the insect world including the Drosophila melanogaster and the metamorphosis of the hoverfly. Show more Download ...