Stuffing fruit flies to study human obesity

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 14:31 in Biology & Nature

Fruit flies that eat high-fat diets get fat, according to a new study. More important, fruit fly obesity looks much like human obesity, with symptoms including high cholesterol and blood sugar imbalances.

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