The buzz on fruit flies: New role in the search for addiction treatments
Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 21:28
in Biology & Nature
Fruit flies may seem like unlikely heroes in the battle against drug abuse, but new research suggests that these insects -- already used to study dozens of human disease -- could claim that role. Scientists are reporting that fruit flies can be used as a simpler and more convenient animal model for studying the effects of cocaine and other drugs of abuse on the brain.
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