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Exploring the interaction between sensory neurons and drug aversion can offer clues to the genetic basis of addiction.

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Scientists ID Heart-Damaging SARS-CoV-2 Protein

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New CRISPR Technique Causes Few Unintended Mutations in Fruit Flies

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Study Links Depression with High Levels of an Amino Acid

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Move Over Apoptosis: Another Form of Cell Death May Occur in the Gut

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Ana Marija Jakšić Shapes Fruit Fly Brains

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Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study

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Bacteria-Infecting Viruses in Gut Microbiome Linked to Cognition

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Epithelial Cell Signaling Helps Maintain Tissue Integrity

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Tumors Disrupt the Blood-Brain Barrier at a Distance

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Bacterial Infections Disrupt Flies’ Sense of Smell

Insects Pass Antiviral Immunity to Offspring

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Sex Promotes Lasting Memories in Female Flies

Image of the Day: Poison Tolerance

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Image of the Day: Fly Eye

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Artificially Intelligent Tools Capture Animal Movement

Image of the Day: In the Eye of a Fly

Image of the Day: Gut Bomb

Fruit Fly Geneticist Bruce Baker Dies

Fruit Fly Males Woo Females with Three Songs, Not Two

Fly’s Blood-Brain Barrier Has Circadian Rhythms

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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Universe 25 Experiment

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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