馃И馃Scientists Made Fruit Flies Crave Cocaine To Cure Human Addiction: The Bizarre Science Behind Addiction Breakthroughs
馃К The Shocking Experiment (With Ethical Safeguards) A 2025 study published in Cell Reports revealed: 1. Genetic Tweaks That Changed Behavior Scientists disabled bitter taste receptors (Gr66a gene) in Drosophila melanogaster Result: Flies no longer avoided cocaine-laced food Within 16 hours, they preferred cocaine sugar water over normal food 2. Why Fruit Flies? They share 75% of disease-causing genes with humans Tiny size allows rapid, large-scale addiction studies ...