1,800 fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) will travel to the International Space Station tomorrow so that the impacts of weightlessness on the heart can be studied. Living in near zero-gravity conditions is known to have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, and fruit flies share 75% of disease-causing genes with humans. Eggs and parents who will lay eggs, will spend a month in space, enabling researchers from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California, to study flies that have spent their entire life in an almost zero-gravity environment. To find out more go to Fruit Flies Journey to International Space Station to Study Effects of Zero Gravity on the Heart.
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Hi. I'm Carl A. Williams, a science, technology & industry writer living in San Francisco. I have published articles on a broad ranges of topics, from climate change and nanotechnology to quantum computing and artificial intelligence, a selection of which are presented here.
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