Tag: Chemotherapy
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Michele Markstein, UMass Amherst – Fighting Cancer with Fruit Flies
Because of their speedy reproductive rates, fruit flies are exceptionally useful for scientific experimentation. We’ve seen it before: here & here. Today on The Academic Minute, UMass biologist Michele Markstein explores their use in improving chemotherapy treatment in the hope of fighting cancer. Michele Markstein is an assistant professor of biology at the University of…