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Tolerance to stress is a ‘trade-off’ as fruit flies age

June 4, 2019 by

With the help of the common fruit fly (D. melanogaster), which ages quickly because it only lives about 60 days, neuroscientists provide insights into healthy aging by investigating the effects of a foraging gene on age and stress tolerance.

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