Fruit flies have latent bioluminescence, study shows

Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

A synthetic luciferin developed by scientists shows that fruit flies are secretly harboring the biochemistry needed to glow in the dark -- otherwise known as bioluminescence. This discovery expands the scope of bioluminescence imaging for research, and adds new tools for the noninvasive studying of ongoing biological processes.

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