This might explain why my apartment on the northside of Williamsburg was always infested

Fortunately, fruitflies can't tell you about how their novel has reached an interesting stage:

The scientists discovered a mutation in the Drosophila LIM-only, or Lmo, gene that is highly sensitive to cocaine - a breakthrough that may provide a base for the possible development of drugs able to combat cocaine addiction, according to a paper published by the research team. Blau discovered that the Lmo gene is located in the flies' internal biological clock.