fruit fly

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In the field, those 20-inch black-painted aluminum wheels wouldn’t stay pretty for long; those running boards would have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.

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They focused on colanic acid, a compound naturally produced by gut bacteria that had already been shown to extend lifespan in roundworms and fruit flies.

From Science Daily

Using a well-established fruit fly model, the research team discovered that a neuron's resistance to degeneration is closely tied to how it processes sugar.

From Science Daily

Levine and her colleagues set out to answer this question by studying fruit flies known as Drosophila melanogaster.

From Science Daily

To see why this broader approach matters, consider fruit flies living in very different parts of the world.

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