Researchers have created a library of genetically engineered fruit flies linked to individual neurons in the nerve cord to characterise the circuits controlling wing motion.

“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.

Some genes just don’t play fair. Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

A new study by Vanderbilt investigators has uncovered a previously unknown biological mechanism: how tissues detect and ...