March 25, 2012
Fruit Fly Kidney Stones May Hold Answers for Humans: Researchers
U.S. and Scottish researchers have discovered that fruit flies get kidney stones — a breakthrough that could help treat the condition in humans. The researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and the University of Glasgow said it will be easy to study the condition in fruit flies because a fruit fly’s kidneys are […]
Tags: Dr. Michael F. Romero, fruit flies, kidney stones, University of Glasgow