The unbelievably tiny intestine of the adult fruit fly, labeled with fluorescent markers. (CN) — While the intestines of fruit flies might seem unrelated to human health, new research indicates ...

Entomologist Thomas Werner has studied fruit flies from coast to coast. But his rarest discovery to date was close to home. Armed with a banana-baited live trap and a strong desire to disprove a gap ...

The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California, Berkeley, researchers are finding commonalities ...

When Harvard Medical School professor Dragana Rogulja wanted to learn how sleep deprivation affects the human body, she began by studying specimens from another species entirely: Drosophila ...

The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes the absorption and storage of energy. In times of hunger, however, insulin ...

If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. Researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development and possible ...

For decades, scientists have gleaned information from the antennae, brains and even ovaries of millimeter-sized fruit flies for medical research as varied as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, addiction, ...