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Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells

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two fruit flies under a microscope. one is injected with a blue dye and has a blue color
Researchers track the intestinal health of fruit flies with a blue dye, hence the name Smurf. Fruit fly intestines damaged by aging leak the blue dye, this image shows an HRJD-modified fly on the left and an unmodified fly of the same age on the right. CREDIT: ©2024 Hiroki Nagai CC-BY-ND.

Initially, they hoped that these HRJD-boosted fruit flies would

While humans won’t be regenerating entire limbs like sea stars, some new genetic work with fruit flies has yielded some surprising results. A team from the University …read more

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