In laboratory tests using fruit flies, the researchers discovered that a human genetic mutation that causes Parkinson's amplified visual signals
in young flies dramatically.
The researchers added a purified, concentrated form of THI to the food
of young flies with the muscular dystrophy - like mutation.
Flies that received a one - off dose near the end of their lives lived a maximum of 13 % longer and
young flies given low doses of lithium chloride for 15 days before switching to a control for the remainder of their lives also lived longer.
When the scientists looked at the structure of the neurons in the insects» brains and eyes, they saw that while the tissue in
very young flies was more or less intact, problems developed quickly.
Odd as it might sound, this strategy might
protect young flies from deadly parasites such as wasps.
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DC Young Fly.
Over time, stem cell numbers fell from an average of 8.3
in young flies to 5.1 in old flies, explaining the observed decrease in spermatogenesis in aged males.
Clipping
the younger flies» wings significantly reduced the positive effects on the mutants» life span, suggesting that physical activity plays a key role in the life - extending mechanism.
Another interesting discovery is that
young flies that are just a few days old sleep a lot more than older flies.
But when Takahiko Hariyama of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in Japan and his colleagues placed the millimeter - sized larva in a scanning electron microscope and fired electrons at it, they found that
the young fly wiggled in place for an hour as if everything was fine.
To test the link between these two facts, the neuroscientists isolated
some young flies.
Nearly every one of
the young flies carried the gene, for yellow pigmentation.
The changes to cell reprogramming that the scientists observed in
the young flies can occur inappropriately in adult human cells — spurring cancer, for example.
This week, we had the pleasure of hosting Vebjorn Kielland,
the youngest fly fishing guide in the world at Blue Marlin Beach Resort.
It crashes into the castle, sending Baby Peach and Toadsworth
the Younger flying.