Fruit fly research may lead to better understanding of human heart disease
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 14:01
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. The study, led by Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., was published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
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