Article body copy Steffen Oppel remembers his first close encounter with a Tristan albatross. It was a calm day on Gough Island, a tiny British overseas territory in the South Atlantic halfway between South Africa and Argentina. The birds looked funny, he thought, waddling up a small hill then running down again. That is, until … Read more
JOHN DANKOSKY: OK. Since we’ve just talked quite a bit about cats, it’s only fair we devote some time to their mortal enemies, mice. Specifically, we’re going to be talking about the kind you find in the laboratory. Mice and rats make up about 99% of animals used in research. But how did research come … Read more
CHICAGO — Rats and mice are getting ready to sneak into homes so they can stay warm during Chicago’s long winter. It’s just part of the seasonal change in Chicago, which on Thursday was dubbed the “rattiest city” in the United States for the seventh year in a row by Orkin, a pest control company. … Read more
New Jersey, United States- Verified Market Research recently released a new report titled Mice Model Market Insights, Size, Forecast to 2028. The report is prepared using primary and secondary research methodologies that provide an accurate and concise understanding of the Mice Model market. Analysts used a top-down and bottom-up approach to evaluate the segments and … Read more
A historically overlooked rod-like projection present on nearly every cell type in the human body may finally be getting its scientific due: A new study has found that these appendages, called cilia, on neurons in the brain have a key role in ensuring a specific dopamine receptor’s signals are properly received. The research was conducted … Read more
Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19515-0, published online 13 November 2020. The original version of this Article contained an error in the “Introduction”, as reference was missing. The original version read incorrectly “[…] since the abrogation of lamellipodia formation does not affect hemostatic or thrombotic platelet functions 22.23 […]”. The correct version states “[…] since the … Read more
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The tiny hair cells in your inner ear are responsible for detecting sound; when these are damaged, either by genetic disorders, loud sounds or old age they can lead to hearing difficulty and even deafness. Now, in a series of experiments on mice, researchers based at the Salk Institute and the University of Sheffield have … Read more
A historically overlooked rod-like projection present on nearly every cell type in the human body may finally be getting its scientific due: A new study has found that these appendages, called cilia, on neurons in the brain have a key role in ensuring a specific dopamine receptor’s signals are properly received. The research was conducted … Read more
Upstream Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company advancing new therapies to treat inflammation, has initiated a phase 1b multiple ascending dose study of UPB-101 in asthma patients with the dosing of the first patient. Meanwhile, a possible way to tackle one of the underlying causes of asthma has been developed by researchers from Aston University and … Read more
