Scientists Create Fruit Fly Model to Help Unravel Genetics of Human Diabetes
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 11:36
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the University of Maryland are using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to unravel what genes and gene pathways are involved in the metabolic changes that lead to insulin resistance and full-blown diabetes in humans.
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