Nadav Ahituv

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A evolução adaptativa aprimorou o gosto por doces dos morcegos frugívoros . Keith Rose/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Dieta rica em açúcar dos morcegos frugívoros pode ajudar na luta contra o diabetes

Wei Gordon, Menlo College and Nadav Ahituv, University of California, San Francisco

Os morcegos frugívoros podem comer até duas vezes o seu peso corporal em frutas por dia. Mas seus genes e células evoluíram para processar todo esse açúcar sem nenhuma consequência para a saúde - um feito com o qual os desenvolvedores de medicamentos podem aprender.
Fruit bats have honed their sweet tooth through adaptive evolution. Keith Rose/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why don’t fruit bats get diabetes? New understanding of how they’ve adapted to a high‑sugar diet could lead to treatments for people

Wei Gordon, Menlo College and Nadav Ahituv, University of California, San Francisco

Fruit bats can eat up to twice their body weight in fruit a day. But their genes and cells evolved to process all that sugar without any health consequences − a feat drug developers can learn from.

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