19.2.13

Struggling with your flies? Try reading the manual

http://www.scienceomega.com/article/819/struggling-with-your-fly-why-not-try-reading-the-manual



Experts from the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge have created the first ever training package to teach students and researchers how to make the best use of their fruit flies. The authors, whose work has been detailed in the journal G3, hope that their instruction manual will encourage more academics to utilise the insects when conducting research into conditions such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

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