Reply to post: Re: "scalpel-fodder" ?

Fruit flies' brains at work: Decision-making? They use their eyes

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Re: "scalpel-fodder" ?

Yes. Yes they do.

Really tiny little knives on the ends of thin needles, which are themselves on the ends of micro-manipulator arms capable of movements measured in nanometers. They can slice a fruit fly up into slices less than a cell thick.

The technology was actually developed by the pre-packed delicatessen team at Tesco.

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