A 30-year odyssey from fruit fly eye color to new insights into gene expression
May 17, 2021
One UNC scientist has been on a career-long quest to understand how genes are expressed as mRNAs.
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Why a Fly?
January 10, 2018
The genome of a fruit fly is strikingly similar to that of a human — so much so that scientists have been studying these tiny insects for over 100 years, in search of treatments for diseases like spinal muscular atrophy and neurological disorders. UNC geneticist Bob Duronio is one of those scientists.