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Bob Tolliday

Oct 5, 2020
1 min

Fruit fly study of genetic syndrome

Researchers at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, have developed a fruit fly model of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS), a severe...

Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients

Ana Barros

Sep 28, 2020
1 min

Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients

A drug commonly used to treat arthritis may help treat some blood cancers, a new UK study has found. A collaboration between the...

Ana Barros

Sep 21, 2020
1 min

Images of cancer cell energy changes

Researchers at the Austrian Academy of Sciences have used fruit flies to understand how cancer cells generate energy to allow them to...

Ana Barros

Aug 17, 2020
1 min

Sex & fruit flies

Scientists in Portugal have found key behaviours that trigger the transition from courtship to mating in fruit flies (see video). The...

Ana Barros

Aug 3, 2020
1 min

Fruit flies & cancer

Research from Oxford University, UK, has found a new potential way to fight cancer in studies with fruit flies. The team, funded by...

Innovative technique using fly larva may aid drug discovery

Ana Barros

Feb 17, 2020
1 min

Innovative technique using fly larva may aid drug discovery

A team of German researchers have developed a method to study the processes taking place in the cells of a living fruit fly larva. ...

Bob Tolliday

Apr 16, 2019
2 min

2018: Another year of medical achievements thanks to animal research

A look back by EARA at some of the important discoveries in recent times The last year has once again seen an impressive list of medical...

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