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Fruit fly biologist S.E. Mohr's book First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery was named one of the Ten Best Science Books of 2018 by Smithsonian.com. As stated by Smithsonian, "Harvard lecturer on genetics Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr...

In this short video from Harvard Medical School, Rachel Wilson, PhD, of Harvard Medical School talks about why she uses Drosophila to study the brain and shares her excitement about fundamental research studies.

Prominent investor Mark Cuban has made a new investment in Perlara, a public benefit company that uses model organsisms, including Drosophila, as part of their efforts to identify new treatments for rare diseases. Read news coverage here.

An article by Kimberly Splinter and colleagues from the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine includes a discussion the impact of the Model Organisms Screening Center, which uses Drosophila and other model...

Paul Taylor ( University of Leeds) announced on Twitter on Oct. 5, 2018 that a drug identified "thanks to fruit flies" is now in clinical trials as a potential treatment for lung cancer. A Drosophila chemical genomics research study in which the compound...

Drosophila researcher and head of the Manchester Fly Facility A. Prokop addresses the question of why fund fruit fly research in this recent post on Open Access Goverement.