Drosophila -- known as fruit flies -- are a valuable model for human heart pathophysiology, including cardiac aging and cardiomyopathy. However, a choke point in evaluating fruit fly hearts is the ...

Olson, with lead author Dr Peng Yi (UT Southwestern), used fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) genetically engineered to express green fluorescent protein in their hearts, such that the glowing ...

Using the fruit fly, scientists have constructed a complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development. This research will also help scientists pursue questions like how mutations lead to ...

During heart development, cells move and interact to establish their positions—an essential process where the right pairings ...