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Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans

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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ...


Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs

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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ...