How exposure to dead peers may accelerate aging in fruit flies
A 2019 study by Tuhin S. Chakraborty, Christi M. Gendron and colleagues found that fruit flies exposed to dead peers stored less body fat, became more sensitive to starvation and had shorter lifespans. In a later study published in PLOS Biology, the researchers examined what happens in the flies’ brains during this process. Using fluorescent … Read more