Fruit flies 'push the limit' to help us understand age-related disease suseptibilities

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

They're pesky and annoying when they get into your fruit, but Drosophila melanogaster, more affectionately known as the "fruit fly," are helping researchers at Florida Atlantic University to discover novel genes that are responsible for neuroprotection.

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