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Fruit flies help fight next flu pandemic (The Capital Times)
Forget dogs. The lowly fruit fly is really man's best friend. At least when it comes to helping researchers fight the threat of the world's next flu pandemic. The top flu researchers in the world depend on fruit flies for their experiments, and this week several of them at the UW-Madison have announced a breakthrough that will help drug companies target new therapies. By injecting fly cells with ...