Insights into Chemotherapy-Associated Pain (IMAGE)

Experimental Biology

Insights into Chemotherapy-Associated Pain

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Fruit flies can be used as a genetically tractable experimental model to study the effects of chemotherapy drugs on pain. This picture shows a fruit fly larvae with peripheral sensory neurons specifically labeled by green fluorescent protein. These neurons are targeted by chemotherapy drugs, causing pain.

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Nina Boiko

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