Geoff T. Meyerhof

Jul 16, 2024 | cell.com | Nicole Leung |Chiwei Xu |Anindya Ganguly |Geoff T. Meyerhof

In this work, Leung et al. demonstrate that fruit flies with gut tumors display an increased propensity to consume the normally aversive anti-tumorigenic compound aristolochic acid. The change in taste valence for aristolochic acid may be a form of self-medication as feeding on aristolochic acid suppressed the gut tumors.