Research led by Peking University, China, has discovered a single type of retinal photoreceptor cell in Drosophila (fruit fly) is involved in both visual perception and circadian photoentrainment by co-releasing histamine ...
Love songs are at least as popular in the animal kingdom as on the radio. The importance of musically serenading your true love has driven plotlines from Twelfth Night to The Trumpet of the Swan to Happy Feet.
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Researchers from the University of Tokyo reveal how the presynaptic Ube3a E3 ligase, a causal factor in Angelman syndrome, eliminates neural chatter. The study helps find a better drug target for the Angelman syndrome treatment.
Sep 14, 2023
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A new study led by scientists from TUD Dresden University of Technology reveals that the cells in the fruit fly brain possess a remarkable ability to shift their energy production to fats and send signals to the body's other ...
Jun 27, 2023
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A simple vitamin could successfully treat a rare but potentially fatal genetic disease, according to research led by a Concordia undergraduate student.
Mar 7, 2023
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Neuroscience research just got a little bit easier, thanks to the release of tens of thousands of images of fruit fly brain neurons generated by Janelia's FlyLight Project Team.
Mar 1, 2023
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A research effort involving researchers from Texas A&M University, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has used human genomics to identify a new ...
Jan 10, 2023
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International researchers led by Monash University biologists have identified a new way to explore how changing diets may help alleviate disease symptoms—particularly for individuals with disorders that affect how protein ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, and is caused in part by age-related cardiac structural dysfunction. A team of bioengineers in Professor Adam Engler's lab at the University of California San ...
Dec 23, 2022
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This is a fruit fly.
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