Fly Cells Flock Together, Follow the Light

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 17:40 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at Johns Hopkins report using a laser beam to activate a protein that makes a cluster of fruit fly cells act like a school of fish turning in social unison, following the lead of the one stimulated with light.

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