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 ...

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

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 ...

We are pursuing gene discovery efforts using the Drosophila model organism to identify the underlying molecular pathology. Dr. Wangler is a physician-scientist and pediatrician at the Texas Children’s ...

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 ...

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, ...

Drosophila gut tumor model unveils mechanisms underlying paraneoplastic renal syndrome. March 6, 2024. No Comments. Paraneoplastic syndromes are a group of disorders associated with tumors that are ...

Mangaluru: The Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit fly, can be used as an alternative animal model, instead of a mouse, for research related to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), finds a study from ...

More is known about these flies than any other animal on the planet, as a model for human genetics. ... (Photo: Drosophila melanogaster. Credit: nechaev-kon/Getty Images) Show less.