Harvard Scientists Make the Case for Female Mice in Neuroscience Research
Research findings reveal that female mice have more stable exploratory behavior than male mice. New research indicates that female mice show more stable exploratory behavior…
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Why Are Mice Afraid of Bananas?
Scientists have identified a form of chemical signaling in mice to defend their offspring. The researchers, from McGill University, found that proximity to pregnant and…
Gene-Editing Used To Create Single Sex Mice Litters With 100% Efficiency
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with University of Kent, have used gene editing technology to create female-only and male-only mice litters with…
Mice Can Actually Learn Much Faster than Previously Thought
A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great…
Shock Find Brings Extinct “Shark Bay” Mouse Back From the Dead
An Australian mammal thought to have been wiped out over 150 years ago can now be crossed off our list of extinct animals, following a…
Method for Measuring Animal Personality Developed to Explore Connections Between Genes and Behavior
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality. We might refer to someone’s…
Scientists Measure Mouse Personality and Map Traits to Their Genetics
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany, together with colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Sciencein Israel have developed a computational…
Study Shows Frying Oil Consumption Worsens Colon Cancer and Colitis
Research by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst food scientists compared the effects of fresh and thermally processed oil. Foods fried in vegetable oil are…
Mild Winters Have Led to Physical Alterations in Two Species of Mice
New research by McGill University biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the…
Darcin in Mice Urine Attracts Other Mice
Mice seem to be addicted to the scent of urine and repeatedly go back to spots where they found the excretions. Researchers have discovered that…
Lab-Made Mouse Oocytes Produce Fertile and Viable Offspring
Japanese scientists have been able to coax mouse stem cells into becoming viable eggs that were able to produce healthy offspring. This will provide a…
Early Intake of Antibiotics Linked to Obesity in Mice
Bacteria living within the gut could have a link to obesity, possibly explaining how antibiotics fatten farm animals, and humans as well, and predispose some…
Cartilage Healing Genes Protect Against Arthritis
Joint pain is common among older adults and osteoarthritis is something many active people will face as they age. Scientists at Washington University School of…
Using House Mice as Biomarkers of Human Settlement
According to new research, house mice (Mus musculus) are ideal biomarkers of human settlement as they tend to stow away in crates or on ships…
Acorn, White-Footed Mice and Tick Cycle Augment Risks of Lyme Disease in 2012
It’s been explained at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) that the northeastern part of the United States faces the worst year yet…
Scientists Discover New Type of Extra-Chromosomal DNA
Scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina have discovered a previously unidentified type of circular DNA molecule occurring outside the chromosomes…
Neuroscientists Study Cortical Areas Specialized in Processing Visual Inputs in Mice
Neuroscientists found that mice, like humans, have distinct processing streams in visual cortical areas and plan to use this to explore more deeply the neurological…
Human Stem Cells Transplanted Into Mouse Brains
Scientists have reported that they have successfully transplanted human stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of living mice. Human embryonic stem cells grown in a…
