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Fruit fly study identifies gene that may reverse Parkinson’s disease
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Fruit fly study identifies gene that may reverse Parkinson’s disease

JULY 24, 2024 by Simon Fraser University Cdk8 regulates mitochondrial morphology under physiological conditions. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47623-8Researchers at Simon Fraser University, in collaboration with a group from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, have identified a gene that appears to reverse Parkinson’s disease symptoms in fruit flies. SFU’s Verheyen lab discovered that...

Fruit fly study reveals function of taste neurons
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Fruit fly study reveals function of taste neurons

by Iqbal Pittalwala,  University of California – Riverside Drosophila sp fly. Credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim / Wikipedia. GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 What can the fruit fly teach us about taste and how chemicals cause our taste buds to recognize sweet, sour, bitter, umami, and salty tastes? Quite a lot, according to the University of...