A study in Drosophila reveals how the immune system adjusts development in response to excess sugar

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

The study, conducted on the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, shows that macrophages detect nutritional stress caused by a high-sugar diet and send a signal to the endocrine system to delay develop...

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Monitoring the "journey" of microplastics through the intestine of a living organism

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

A UAB research team has managed to track the behaviour of microplastics during their "journey" through the intestinal tract of a living organism and illustrate what happens along the way. The study, c...

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La mosca del vinagre arroja nuevas luces sobre el control genético de la formación de órganos

by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Basándose en el estudio de la formación de la pata de la mosca del vinagre (Drosophila melanogaster), investigadores de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) y el Centro de Biología Molecular Se...

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The fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growth

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify a fundamental role of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway in the development and growth regulation of limbs in Drosophila. Published in Nature Communications, the stu...

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Research into fly development provides insights into blood vessel formation

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

Researchers working with flies at IRB Barcelona describe that the concentration of some small intracellular organelles determines the branching capacity of tracheal cells. Tracheal cells are analogous...

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Having two X chromosomes might protect from the effect of mutations and might explain the sex differences in lifespan

by Universitat de València

Researchers of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, in collaboration with the University of Oxford, have published a study in the journal ‘Biology Letters’. It sugges...

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Two wings against cancer

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

In the conference Drosophila as a model in cancer, 15 to 17 June in Barcelona, IRB Barcelona and the BBVA Foundation bring together a select group of leading scientists that use the fruit fly for canc...

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