Fruit flies help in the development of personalised medicine
(WorldNews Denmark)

2019.10.09|Lisbeth Heilesen The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a fantastic model organism, which has contributed to major scientific breakthroughs (photo: Torsten Nygård Kristensen, Aalborg University) Up to three-quarters of all identified human disease genes are found in a similar version in the fruit fly, and there is also a high degree of similarity between the nervous system of humans and insects (photo: Aalborg University) People with the same diagnosis typically receive a standard treatment that is not necessarily effective for everyone. With knowledge of the individual patient`s genome, it may be possible in the future to a greater extent to target the medical treatment to...