Have these drug methods for cancer been experimented on things closer to humans rather than just flies? Is there research that tests these experimental drugs on humans?
Meaning using differing concentrations of ethanol mixed with a negative control that we know won’t harm the flies, we can see at what concentrations detrimental effects on the survival of flies. I believe that’s the best way to investigate the effects of ethanol on flies!
Have these drug methods for cancer been experimented on things closer to humans rather than just flies? Is there research that tests these experimental drugs on humans?
Yep there have been screens using compounds of African Bitter Leaf on humans, that’s what we based these off of.
For reference; specifically human breast cancer cell lines.
What are some/ if any possible repercussions in long term treatment of Cancer using Vernonia Amygdalina?
Long term tests would have to be done
Is there a way to have the same number of flies in each test?
Yeah, but its tedious and our fly colonies collapsed so we were pressed on time.
Is there a way to have the same number of flies tested on in each dose?
Great job! What experiments would you perform to investigate the effects of ethanol on fruit flies?
Ethanol dilution series with varying concentrations
Meaning using differing concentrations of ethanol mixed with a negative control that we know won’t harm the flies, we can see at what concentrations detrimental effects on the survival of flies. I believe that’s the best way to investigate the effects of ethanol on flies!
Why was ethanol used rather than DMSO?
We could’t do proper extractions with DMSO
Meaning proper extractions of the compounds we thought would work best in these experiments, Vernodalin and vernomygdin respectively!