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Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity
Carol Clark
EurekAlert, 5/20/2013
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The animal world likes to self-medicate, too
Douglas Main
Live Science, 4/11/2013
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A surprising way to banish fruit flies
Danny Bonvissuto
HGTV Gardens, 4/5/2013
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Fruit flies medicate their kids with alcohol
Derek Mead
Motherboard, 3/19/2013
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Insects and alcohol
Bob Hirshon
AAAS, Science Update, 3/8/2013
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Fruit flies consume alcohol to combat wasps
Bryan Kohrs
Johns Hopkins Newsletter, 3/7/2013
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Fruit flies medicate young against parasites
Lydia O'Neal
The Emory Wheel, 3/4/2013
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Fruitvlieg voert nageslacht dronken
Jessica van der Wal
bionieuws (Netherlands), 3/2/2013
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Alcoholic nurseries
Kate Yandell
The Scientist, 2/25/2013
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Fruit flies bathe their young in alcohol to keep them healthy
Alasdair Wilkins
io9, 2/24/2013
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Mother flies dose offspring with alcohol
Bob McDonald
CBC, Quirks and Quarks, 2/23/2013
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For fruit flies, alcohol really is mommy's little helper
Nancy Shute
NPR, The Salt, 2/22/2013
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Alkohol von Dr. Fliege
Volkart Wildermuth
German Public Radio, 2/22/2013
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Fruit flies get their babies drunk to kill off parasites
Jennifer Welsh
Business Insider, 2/21/2013
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Moscas da fruta dao alcool como mediantes para a prole
Maria Fernanda Ziegler
Ciencia e Meio Ambiente (Brazil) , 2/21/2013
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Fruit flies force their young to drink alcohol - for their own good
Carol Clark
eScience Commons, 2/21/2013
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Fruit flies medicate offspring with alcohol
Joseph Castro
Live Science, 2/21/2013
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Fruit flies use alcohol to protect their young from body-snatchers
Ed Yong
National Geographic, 2/21/2013
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La mosca de la fruta bana sus huevos en alcohol para prevenir infecciones
Julia Garcia Lopez
SINC (Spain), 2/21/2013
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Natural-born doctors
Sabrina Richards
The Scientist, 10/23/2012
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Life back then
Gary Niederhoff
SETI, Big Picture Science, 4/2/2012
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The parasite that drives flies to drink
Alex Wild
Scientific American, 3/5/2012
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To kill parasites, fruit flies self-medicate with alcohol
Rebecca Jacobson
PBS NewsHour, 2/22/2012
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Fruit flies seek out alcohol
anonymous
The Onion, 2/21/2012
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Cheers! Fruit flies drink to their health, literally
Veronique Lacapra
NPR, All Things Considered, 2/21/2012
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Flies drink alcohol to medicate themselves against wasp infections
Ed Yong
Discover Magazine, 2/20/2012
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Parasite-plagued flies self-medicate on booze
Caitlin Stier
New Scientist, 2/20/2012
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Fruit flies resort to alcohol
Meera Senthilingam
BBC, Naked Scientists, 2/19/2010
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Anti-biotic booze
Bob McDonald
CBC, Quirks and Quarks, 2/18/2012
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Fruit flies drink alcohol to deter parasitic wasps, Drosophila melanogaster study suggests
David Freeman
Huffington Post, 2/17/2012
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Image-of-the-week: boozy fruit flies
Julia Whitty
Mother Jones, 2/17/2012
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Parasitic wasps can hardly match a drunken fruit fly
Pierrot Durand
French Tribune, 2/17/2012
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Fruit flies get loaded to kill parasites
anonymous
The Mark, 2/17/2012
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To kill off parasites, an insect self-medicates with alcohol
Elisabeth Lyons
Cell Press EurekAlert, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies use alcohol as a drug to kill parasites
Carol Clark
eScienceCommons, 2/16/2012
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To evict parasite, canny fruit flies pick their poison
Carl Zimmer
New York Times, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies take medicinal nips
Cynthia Graber
Scientific American, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies use alcohol to self-medicate, but feel bad about it afterwards
Rob Dunn
Scientific American, 2/16/2012
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Flies infected with parasites drink alcohol as an antibiotic
Sarah Zang
Discover Magazine, 2/16/2012
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Flies get drunk to kill off parasites
Jennifer Welsh
Live Science, 2/16/2012
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Boozing for better health
Megan Scudellari
The Scientist, 2/16/2012
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To kill parasites, flies self-medicate with booze
Elizabeth Preston
Inkfish, 2/16/2012
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Fancy a tot of the old medicinal?
anonymous
Daily Mail, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies can cure themselves of intestinal parasites, with the power of alcohol
Esther Inglis-Arkell
io9, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies use booze to self-medicate
Amir Khan
International Business Times, 2/16/2012
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Fruit flies poison parasites with alcohol
Cassie Ryan
The Epoch Times, 2/16/2012
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