Mice News
May 21, 2024
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May 15, 2024 What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent relatives are promiscuous? The answer may be a previously unknown hormone-generating cell. Scientists discover the cells and hormones that inspire mice ...
May 13, 2024 An experimental treatment made from a plant virus is effective at protecting against a broad range of metastatic cancers in mice, shows a new study. The treatment, composed of nanoparticles fashioned from the cowpea mosaic virus -- a virus that ...
May 6, 2024 Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks -- including ones we don't even know ...
May 2, 2024 Researchers have found that a brain disorder associated with flu (influenza-associated encephalopathy, or IAE) can be caused by the influenza virus entering the brain from the blood via endothelial cells. In these cells, the researchers observed ...
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May 15, 2024 Although drug eruptions are often linked to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), the mechanism of its involvement in presenting symptoms of the skin remains unclear. In a recent study, researchers used ...
May 10, 2024 The tool will help researchers better understand major challenges that afflict undernourished children, such as changes in cognitive development and higher infection ...
May 9, 2024 A research team has identified the primary cause of sensory hypersensitivity in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorders ...
May 6, 2024 In research that may be a step forward toward finding personalized treatments for Tourette disorder, scientists have bred mice that exhibit some of ...
May 7, 2024 Fatty liver disease often leads to chronic liver inflammation and can even result in liver cancer. Scientists have now shown in mice that intermittent fasting on a 5:2 schedule can halt this ...
May 7, 2024 The earliest stages of mammalian embryo development are like an orchestra performance, where everyone must play at the exact right moment and in perfect harmony. New research identifies one of the ...
May 3, 2024 New research examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli -- responsible for most UTIs -- is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during infection ...
May 1, 2024 Researchers changed the composition of the gut microbiota in male mice through common antibiotics, inducing a condition called dysbiosis, and found that: - Mouse pups sired by a dysbiotic father show ...
Apr. 29, 2024 When hunting for mice in winter, red and arctic fox are known to plunge headfirst at speeds of 2-4 meters per second, but their sharp noses reduce the impact force in snow and protect them from ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Medium-sized dogs have a higher risk of developing cancer than the very largest or smallest breeds, according to a new ...
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Apr. 26, 2024 Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they ...
Apr. 25, 2024 What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers has now been able to show in mice that adaptations in the liver mitochondria take place after only a few ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Chemokines are signalling proteins that orchestrate the interaction of immune cells against pathogens and tumors. To understand this complex network, various techniques have been developed to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Plant-derived nanoparticles have demonstrated significant anticancer effects. Researchers recently developed rice bran-derived nanoparticles (rbNPs) that efficiently suppressed cell proliferation and ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Contrary to previous assumptions, nerve cells in the human neocortex are wired differently than in mice. The study found that human neurons communicate in one direction, while in mice, signals tend ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The annual influenza vaccine has become less effective on average over time. One reason may be reduced vaccine efficacy in people with obesity than those with a healthier body mass index (BMI), while ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers -- along with some other rodents -- have orange-brown front teeth. Researchers have produced high-resolution images of rodent ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A mice study suggests a father's diet may shape the anxiety of his sons and the metabolic health of his daughters before they are even ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Innovative carbon beads reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are linked to liver cirrhosis and other serious health ...
Apr. 12, 2024 The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That's still the case, for the most ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. The study found two critical groups of spinal cord neurons, one necessary for new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Traces of DNA in the stomachs of predatory snails give a team og geobiologists new insights into the ecology of ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Scientists have successfully grown 'mini kidneys' in the lab and grafted them into live mice, revealing new insights into the metabolic defects and a potential therapy for polycystic kidney ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Researchers make the case that prairie voles, small rodents that are found throughout the central United States and Canada, can be effectively used as animal models to further the study of clinical ...
Apr. 1, 2024 Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. Two publicly-funded ...
Mar. 29, 2024 Branching patterns are prevalent in our natural environment and the human body, such as in the lungs and kidneys. For example, specific genes that express growth factor proteins are known to ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Researchers have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells. The results are an important step in the development of drugs against the deadly ...
Mar. 28, 2024 A new bioluminescence imaging technique has created highly detailed, and visually striking, images of the movement of oxygen in the brains of mice. The method, which can be easily replicated by other ...
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Food in Sight? The Liver Is Ready!
- With Hybrid Brains, These Mice Smell Like a Rat
- How Immune Cells Communicate to Fight Viruses
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- When Thoughts Flow in One Direction
- Metabolic Health Before Vaccination Determines Effectiveness of Anti-Flu Response
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Study Finds Iron-Rich Enamel Protects, but Doesn't Color, Rodents' Orange-Brown Incisors
- Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Brainless Memory Makes the Spinal Cord Smarter Than Previously Thought
- Geobiology: New Placozoan Habitat Discovered
Monday, April 8, 2024
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Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells
- New Imaging Method Illuminates Oxygen's Journey in the Brain
- Synaptic Protein Change During Development Offers Clues on Evolution and Disease
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Fiber, Genes and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Craving Snacks After a Meal? It Might Be Food-Seeking Neurons, Not an Overactive Appetite
- Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Empty 'backpacks' Activate the Immune System Against Cancer
- A Protein Found in Human Sweat May Protect Against Lyme Disease
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Gut Bacteria Make Neurotransmitters to Shape the Newborn Immune System
- DNA Origami-Based Vaccines Toward Safe and Highly-Effective Precision Cancer Immunotherapy
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Tryptophan in Diet, Gut Bacteria Protect Against E. Coli Infection
- Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons With Cystic Fibrosis
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Scientists Identify New 'regulatory' Function of Learning and Memory Gene Common to All Mammalian Brain Cells
- Effect of Keratin Microsphere Gel on Hair Growth in Mice
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- In Fight Against Brain Pathogens, the Eyes Have It
- Change in Gene Code May Explain How Human Ancestors Lost Tails
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Obesity Disrupts Normal Liver Function in Mice
- Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases May Be Caused by Gut Bacteria
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Metabolic Diseases May Be Driven by Gut Microbiome, Loss of Ovarian Hormones
- Mice Surprise: Researchers Discover New Native Species
- Scientists Can Tell Where a Mouse Is Looking and Located Based on Its Neural Activity
- Newly Discovered Brain Cells Play a Key Role in Right and Left Turns
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- TB Vaccine Shrinks Liver Cancer Tumors in Mice
- Snaking Toward a Universal Antivenom
- An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Key Genes Linked to DNA Damage and Human Disease Uncovered
- Female Lab Mice Behave Very Differently When Placed Outdoors
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- DNA Particles That Mimic Viruses Hold Promise as Vaccines
- Gut Microbiota Influence Severity of Respiratory Viral Infection
Monday, January 29, 2024
- How Obesity Dismantles Our Mitochondria
- Researchers Map Genome for Cats, Dolphins, Birds, and Dozens of Other Animals
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Study in Mice Uncovers New Protective Benefit of Breast Milk
- Brain Mechanism Teaches Mice to Avoid Bullies
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Surprisingly Simple Model Explains How Brain Cells Organize and Connect
- Tests Can Reveal Whether an Antibody Can Turn Into a Killer
Friday, January 12, 2024
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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Friday, January 5, 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Study Reveals Clues to How Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Invades Brain Cells
- New Reasons Eating Less Fat Should Be One of Your Resolutions
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- New Insights Revealed on Tissue-Dependent Roles of JAK Signaling in Inflammation
- Study Unveils a Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing
Monday, December 18, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Scientists Unveil Complete Cell Map of a Whole Mammalian Brain
- Mice Possess Natural Gene Therapy System
- What Happens in the Brain While Daydreaming?
- Cell Types in the Eye Have Ancient Evolutionary Origins
Friday, December 8, 2023
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
- Macrophages 'eat' Insulin-Producing Cells to Regulate Insulin After Mice Have Given Birth
- New Study Maps Ketamine's Effects on Brain
Thursday, November 30, 2023
- Harnessing the Power of a Parasite That Can Stop Pain
- This 'gross' Mixture Has Big Benefits for the Study of Bacteria
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Key Protein in Blood Vessel's Growth Identified
- Tracing the Evolution of the 'little Brain'
- Understanding Rapid Tendon Regeneration in Newts May One Day Help Human Athletes