Cancer

Research results from National Cancer Institute update understanding of cancer

Published in Blood Weekly, April 24th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "The ability to select a better option from multiple acceptable ones is important for animals to optimize their resources. The mechanisms that underlie such decision- making processes are not well understood."

"We found that selection of egg- laying site in Drosophila melanogaster is a suitable system to probe the neural circuit that governs simple decision- making processes. First, Drosophila females pursue active probing of the environment before depositing each egg, apparently to evaluate site quality for every egg. Second, Drosophila females can either accept or reject a sucrose- containing medium, depending on the...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-04-24)

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