Rare but not forgotten
Finding treatments for children with rare diseases has been a significant hurdle in the medical world. An unexpected source, the common fruit fly, is turning up
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Finding treatments for children with rare diseases has been a significant hurdle in the medical world. An unexpected source, the common fruit fly, is turning up
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A University of Utah researcher is using fruit flies \u2014 specifically studying their eyes \u2014 to screen drugs that could be used to treat patients with SynGAP-1, a rare genetic disease.
Clement Chow’s method for testing these drugs is both cost-effective and efficient due to a novel test subject for the drugs: Fruit flies.