High-sugar diet programs a short lifespan in flies

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 14:21 in Biology & Nature

Flies with a history of eating a high sugar diet live shorter lives, even after their diet improves. This is because the unhealthy diet drives long-term reprogramming of gene expression, according to a team of researchers.

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