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• Being ‘too sexy’ can be a curse

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): In the world of fruit flies, being sexy can be a curse, especially for the ladies.A new research has shown that the most attractive female fruit flies are constantly harassed by mates, affecting their fertility.The harassment could lead to smaller families and affect fruit fly evolution, say ...
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• Drosophomores

  
  dustbury.com — Authority: 577
  Or perennial juniors , maybe. Testing on the ever-popular fruit fly has produced this youthful-sounding premise : Researchers from the newly founded Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne have studied whether health benefit stem from a reduction in specific nutrients or calorie intake in general ...
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• Science Daily reports that there is no such thing as Junk RNA

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 502
  Story here on Science Daily . (H/T Darwin’s God via ECM) Excerpt: Tiny strands of RNA previously dismissed as cellular junk are actually very stable molecules that may play significant roles in cellular processes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of ...
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• Fruit fly neuron can rebuild itself following injury

  
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  Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): New studies in fruit flies by researchers at Penn State University (PSU) have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons have the ability to reprogram themselves after injury. According to researchers, these results could help improve the treatment of patients with traumatic nerve ...
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• Fruit fly nerve cells rebuild themselves after injury

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Specialised nerve or brain cells called neurons can rebuild themselves after an injury, says a new study based on fruit flies.These results potentially open up newer ways of treating traumatic nerve damage or neuro-degenerative disease.The discovery of an injured neuron’s remarkable ability ...
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• How dietary restrictions are beneficial for healthy aging (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Dec 6 (ANI): In a study on fruit flies, researchers from Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have tried to explore how reduction in specific nutrients or calorie intake could be beneficial for healthy ageing.Previous evidence from different organisms (fruit flies and mice) have shown that dietary ...
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• How dietary restrictions are beneficial for healthy aging

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Dec 5 (ANI): In a study on fruit flies, researchers from Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have tried to explore how reduction in specific nutrients or calorie intake could be beneficial for healthy ageing.Previous evidence from different organisms (fruit flies and mice) have shown that dietary ...
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• Nuclear Science Protects Fruit From Pests

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 484
  IAEA Uses Sterile Insect Technique to Tackle Olive Fruit Fly  - By April Murelio -      Homer wrote about olives in his Odyssey, Hippocrates praised olive oil for its medicinal purposes and olive tree leaves were found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. The Olive Fruit Fly only lays its eggs in olives. It can infest ...
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• Fruit Fly Sperm Makes Females Do Housework After Sex

  
  SciNewsBlog — Authority: 137
  Fruit Fly Sperm Makes Females Do Housework After Sex ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2009) — The sperm of male fruit flies are coated with a chemical ‘sex peptide’ which inhibits the female’s usual afternoon siesta and compels her into an intense period of foraging activity. The surprise discovery was made by ...
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• Fly sperm force females to do housework post sex

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Nov 28 (IANS) Male fruit fly sperm is coated with a chemical sex peptide which aborts the female’s noon siesta and compels it into an intense period of foraging activity, according to new research.The surprise discovery was made by Elwyn Isaac, professor at the University of Leeds faculty of biological ...
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• Cropduster

  
  Authspot — Authority: 561
  He’s out at daybreak The cropduster pilot and It’s bye bye fruit fly.       
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• Housework After Sex, Not Sleep

  
  Sleep Doctor Michael Breus, PhD | The Insomnia Blog — Authority: 409
  Hold on to your seatbelt for this one. Professor Elwyn Isaac from England’s University of Leeds has just discovered an astonishing behavior among fruit flies: after mating, females ditch their usual afternoon siesta in favor of engaging inintense foraging (ahem, that would be akin to domestic-type duties ...
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• Groovy Gay Film Festival #8: Fruit Fly

  
  Deep Dish — Authority: 431
  Fruit Fly is a joyous experience of groovy tunes and wonderful performances that put a smile on my face from beginning to end. Its the directorial debut of the talented H.P. Mendoza, who wrote and composed the music for 2006s Colma: The Musical , a terrific film that I encourage everyone to watch on DVD. And now ...
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• Scientists using gene therapy to stall Huntington’s disease

  
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  Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Scientists from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have suggested a gene therapy that is capable of stalling the development of Huntington’s disease.Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder with a genetic basis. The disorder has its roots in a mutation in a protein ...
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