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Flies May Spread Drug-Resistant Bacteria From Poultry Operations
Science & Tech  (tags: antibiotics, poultry, flies, viral infection )

Ingrid
- 261 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers found evidence that houseflies collected near broiler poultry operations may contribute to the dispersion of drug-resistant bacteria and thus increase the potential for human exposure to drug-resistant bacteria.
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Fruit Fly Phlebotomy Holds Neuroscience Promise
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, scientists, study, technology, health, humans, drosophila phlebotomy, discovery, blood, disease, flies, genetics )

J.
- 624 days ago - tigger.uic.edu
New method of drawing blood from a fruit fly could expedite understanding of the physiology of important insects as the common fruit fly that shares almost three-quarters of its genetic code with humans,& provide substantial benefits for neuroscientists.
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Flies And Salmonella: A Bad Combo In Poultry Houses
Science & Tech  (tags: flies, salmonella, research, poultry )

Ingrid
- 626 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Flies may be more than a mere nuisance. They may also spread food poisoning bacteria like Salmonella enteritidis to chickens and their eggs.
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Lowly Icelandic Midges Reveal Ecosystem's Tipping Points
Science & Tech  (tags: ecosystems, polution, flies, science )

Ingrid
- 643 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The midges that periodically swarm by the billions from Iceland's Lake Myvatn are a force of nature.
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Insects Become Fly-on-the-Wall Spies With Tiny Cameras, Radio Controls and Microphones | the Daily Mail
Science & Tech  (tags: moths, beetles, flies, sharks, rats, spies, spy, pigeon, radio, microphone, science, control, video, camera )

Cissy
- 644 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction - beetles, rats and sharks turned into cunning spies courtesy of a brain implant or two. But such scenarios are fast moving from fantasy to fact, with laboratories around the world hatching a new breed of spy.
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Genes Join Battle of the Sexes
Science & Tech  (tags: gender, sexes, flies, males, females, X chromosome, gene, Dox )

Eduardo
- 764 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
The researchers compared the DNA of male fruit flies that produce 90% female offspring to the DNA from a line that yields equal numbers of each gender. They traced the difference to a gene located on the X chromosome that they dubbed Dox.
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