News tagged with fruit flies
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Study sheds light on how the brain shifts between sleep/awake states under anesthesia
Despite the fact that an estimated 25 million patients per year in the U.S. undergo surgeries using general anesthesia, scientists have only been able to hypothesize exactly how anesthetics interact with the central nervous ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Study identifies new genetic risk factor for Lou Gehrig's disease
An international study led by biologists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new genetic risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Sex more likely for female flies with promise of food
(PhysOrg.com) -- Female fruit flies will have sex more frequently if they think there is more food around, and a new study led by Oxford University has explained how this happens.
Aug 25, 2010 |
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How flies set their cruising altitude
Insects in flight must somehow calculate and control their height above the ground, and researchers reporting online on August 19 in Current Biology, have new insight into how fruit flies do it. The answer ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Frozen flies may yield secrets for human organ transplants
When kitchens become infiltrated with fruit flies, especially during the dog days of summer, homeowners might wish that the flying pests would just turn to ice.
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Video: Learning to fly: Fruit flies, ageing and dementia
Alzheimer's disease is a relentless illness, closely linked to old age. Given that human life expectancy is rising each year, the potential impact of this condition is set to increase too.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Why fad diets work well for some, but not others
Ever notice some people seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound, while others seem to gain weight just by looking at fattening foods? You may be seeing things correctly after all. According to research published ...
Jul 28, 2010 |
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Once bitten, twice shy -- a temperature switch triggers aversive memory
Neurobiologists can now activate specific nerve cells to study the association between sensations and negative experiences.
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Redundant genetic instructions in 'junk DNA' support healthy development
Seemingly redundant portions of the fruit fly genome may not be so redundant after all.
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Rescuing fruit flies from Alzheimer's disease
Investigators have found that fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) males -- in which the activity of an Alzheimer's disease protein is reduced by 50 percent -- show impairments in learning and memory as they age. What's more, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 15, 2010 |
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'Mahjong' gene is key player when cancer, normal cells compete
A landmark study by Florida State University biologists, in collaboration with scientists in Britain, is the first to identify a life-or-death "cell competition" process in mammalian tissue that suppresses cancer by causing ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Researchers identify gene mutation that causes rare form of deafness
Researchers have identified a gene mutation that causes a rare form of hearing loss known as auditory neuropathy, according to U-M Medical School scientists.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Computer imaging that aids science
Miriah Meyer isn’t a biologist, but she helps biologists better understand their work.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 08, 2010 |
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UF experts: Spotted wing drosophila is pest for region's berry growers, but manageable
A fruit fly that has given growers in the western United States fits has made its way to the Sunshine State and may spread throughout the Southeast, University of Florida researchers say.
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Digital embryo gains wings (w/ Video)
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have captured fruit fly development on film, creating the Fly Digital Embryo. In work published today in Nature Methods, they were also the first to cle ...
Jul 05, 2010 |
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