Cancer Protein Awakens Silent DNA With Help From a Molecular Partner, Fly Study Shows
A Barcelona team showed in fruit flies that the cancer-linked protein ETV4 activates normally silent GGAA microsatellite DNA only by ...
Tag: Drosophila melanogaster
Mutations in a Fly Ceramide Enzyme Reveal How Sphingolipids Steer Insulin Resistance
Precise mutations in the fruit fly's sole ceramide synthase either worsen or partially ease high-sugar-diet insulin resistance, linking sphingolipid composition ...
Parasitoid Wasp Venom Ships Immune-Suppressing Proteins Into Host Cells in Tiny Vesicles
New research shows that the parasitoid wasp Ganaspis hookeri packages its immune-suppressing venom proteins, including a calcium pump, into extracellular ...
Fermented Banana Waste Turned Into Biodegradable Beads That Lure Fruit Flies
Researchers converted fermented banana and other fruit waste into biodegradable sodium alginate beads that attracted vinegar flies at nearly 83 ...
Succulent Plant Extract Shows Promise Against Alzheimer’s in Fruit Fly Model
A methanol extract of the West African medicinal plant Caralluma dalzielii improved survival, behaviour, antioxidant defences, and tau-related gene expression ...
Gut Microbes Shield Fly Larvae From Antimicrobial Triclosan’s Immune Damage
A new Drosophila study shows that gut bacteria blunt triclosan's damage to larval immune cells, and that germ-free larvae suffer ...
Bacterial Toxin Monalysin Blocks Defecation to Keep Infection in Female Flies
A pore-forming toxin secreted by Pseudomonas entomophila suppresses defecation in infected female fruit flies, blocking the gut's defence of pathogen ...
Salt Stress Reveals Hidden Genes That Set the Pace of the Fruit Fly Heart
A genome-wide study in 154 fruit fly lines shows that dietary salt stress unmasks cryptic genetic variation that reshapes heart ...
Fruit Fly Study Reveals How the Biological Clock Drives Daily Wakefulness
University of Geneva researchers have identified in fruit flies a neural circuit through which the biological clock uses dopamine signaling ...
High-Protein Diets May Accelerate Aging by Switching On a Single Longevity Gene
New research in fruit flies and human cells shows that high-protein diets shorten lifespan by activating the CG6415/AMT gene, disrupting ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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