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Posted November 19, 2009:

• New Therapy May Be Effective Against Bacterial Infections and Sepsis

Posted November 10, 2009:

• New Light On The SARS Virus

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Scientists Create 'Golden Ear' Mouse With Great Hearing As It Ages

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Gene That 'Cancer-Proofs' Naked Mole Rat's Cells

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Alzheimer's Researchers Find High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Smart Rat 'Hobbie-J' Produced By Over-Expressing A Gene That Helps Brain Cells Communicate

Posted October 16, 2009:

• Scientists Encouraged By New Mouse Model's Similarities To Human Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted September 9, 2009:

• New Species Of Giant Rat Discovered In Crater Of Volcano

Posted September 6, 2009:

• Discovery Leads To Rapid Mouse 'Personalized Trials' In Breast Cancer

Posted August 31, 2009:

• New Reagents Available For Genomic Engineering Of Mouse Models To Understand Human Disease

Posted August 28, 2009:

• Bird Flu Leaves The Nest Adapting To A New Host

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Gene Mutation Alone Causes Transmissible Prion Disease

Posted August 17, 2009:

• New Insights Into Limb Formation

Posted August 3, 2009:

• 'SIRT'ain Security: The Protein SIRT3 Protects The Heart

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Scientists Create Energy-Burning Brown Fat In Mice

Posted July 24, 2009:

• Reprogrammed Mouse Fibroblasts Can Make A Whole Mouse

Posted July 22, 2009:

• Are We What Our Mothers Ate?

Posted July 13, 2009:

• Enzyme Important In Aging Identified
• Key To Maintaining Embryonic Stem Cells In Lab

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Mice Run Faster On High-Grade Oil

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Mouse Model Of Parkinson's Reproduces Nonmotor Symptoms

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Protein That Protects Sperm, Reduces Miscarriage Rates Identified

Posted June 24, 2009:

• Mouse With 'Humanized Version' Of Human Language Gene Provides Clues To Language Development

Posted June 21, 2009:

• Newly Discovered Interferon Response May Offer Early Control Of H5N1 Influenza Virus

Posted June 20, 2009:

• Severely Memory-Deficit Mutant Mouse Created

Posted May 31, 2009:

• Why Can We Talk? 'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes About Evolutionary Past

Posted May 28, 2009:

• Investigating The Development Of Mechanosensitivity

Posted May 27, 2009:

• More Genetic Differences Between Mice And Humans Than Previously Thought
• City Rats Are Loyal To Their Neighborhoods

Posted May 5, 2009:

• New Mouse Model For Understanding Cause Of Progressive Hearing Loss

Posted May 1, 2009:

• Bypassing Stem Cells: Adult Skin Cells Turned Into Muscle Cells And Vice Versa

Posted April 28, 2009:

• Orthodoxy On How Macrophages Kill Bacteria Overturned With New Study

Posted April 23, 2009:

• New Ebolavirus Vaccine Protects Against Lethal Infection in Animal Models

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Humanized Mouse Infected With HIV Vaginally And Rectally Allows Testing

Posted March 31, 2009:

• Mice And Humans Should Have More In Common In Clinical Trials

Posted March 30, 2009:

• Why Some People Shake Off The Flu In A Couple Of Days, While Others Suffer Longer, Or Die

Posted March 26, 2009:

• What Separates Humans From Mice? Bigger, Faster Astrocytes In Brain

Posted March 11, 2009:

• New Soldier In War On Cancer: The Blind Mole Rat

Posted March 3, 2009:

• New Safer Way Developed To Reprogram Stem Cells

Posted February 24, 2009:

• Working On A Vaccine For The Plague

Posted February 16, 2009:

• Empathy Partly Based On Genes, Mouse Study Shows

Posted February 5, 2009:

• Discovery Could Lead To A New Animal Model For Hepatitis C

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Of Mice And Men: Cognitive Scientists Find Both Species Equally Adept At Assessing Risk

Posted January 26, 2009:

• Eating Less May Not Extend Human Life: Caloric Restriction May Benefit Only Obese Mice

Posted December 26, 2008:

• Recipe For Capturing Authentic Embryonic Stem Cells May Apply To Any Mammal, Study Suggests

Posted December 24, 2008:

• Newly Discovered Esophagus Stem Cells Grow Into Transplantable Tissue, Study Finds

Posted December 22, 2008:

• Modeling Neonatal Diabetes

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