FLY KIDNEYS
A fruit fly pauses for a moment on the edge of a penny. The kidneys of these insects work in a very similar way to human kidneys. Scientists are taking advantage of these similarities to devise new treatments for disorders such as kidney stones.
Fly Kidneys by Images of Science
The research of Prof. Julian Dow and Prof. Shireen Davies at the Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow is supported by BBSRC.
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