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Flies’ Taste for Tumor-Fighting Compounds May Aid Drug Discovery

Fruit flies with gut tumors showed an increased preference for a bitter antitumor compound compared to healthy flies, suggesting a self-medication strategy.

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Stay Salty: Maternal Diet Affects an Offspring’s Neuronal Taste Circuit

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Why Does Everything Taste Like Chicken?

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Neurons for Taste Loosely Distributed in Mouse Gustatory Cortex

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How a Memory Is Made

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How Hummingbirds Taste Nectar

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Vampire Bats Lack Bitter Taste

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Sensing Calories Without Taste

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