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Sugar Work: University of Michigan Study Finds Sugar Remodels Molecular Memory in Fruit Flies
November 12, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

A high-sugar diet reprograms the taste cells in fruit flies, dulling their sensitivity to sugar and leaving a "molecular memory" on their tongues, according to a University of Michigan study.

Examining fruit flies, researchers Monica Dus, Anoumid Vaziri and collaborators found that high-sugar diets completely remodeled the flies' taste cells, leaving a m . . .

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