Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

Talk about bugs with benefits...
16 May 2025
Presented by Marushka Soobben with Timothy Karr. 

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What if a parasite could rewire your brain – not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we’re exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia – a bacterium that turns female fruit flies into mating machinesMarushka Soobben with the story...

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