Fruit fly phlebotomy holds neuroscience promise

A team of UIC neuroscientists has developed a technique for extracting useful quantities of insect blood from a single fruit fly.

The technique may prove useful in genetic studies and for studying minute amounts of fluid from disease hot-spots, such as those where some retinal diseases begin.


 

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