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Animal Models a living organisms in which normative biology or behavior can be studied, or in which a spontaneous or induced pathological process can be investigated, and in which the phenomenon in one or more respects resembles the same phenomenon in humans or other species of animal.
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OCT 21, 2022Immunology
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in the mevalonate kinase gene, which en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2022Plants & Animals
New research suggests prenatal growth in human ancestors can be predicted from teethWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattOCT 13, 2022Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans ...OCT 10, 2022Microbiology
Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria bites a human, and the i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2022Immunology
Scientists have developed a gel that can relieve multiple symptoms of gum disease, and brings better health to the oral ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
As cancer drugs are developed, one important process the drug goes through is testing in experimental animals. The use o ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizOCT 07, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2022Immunology
Guar gum is a common food additive that is extracted from guar beans; it can help stabilize food and animal food, and is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that a fungal pathogen called Cryptococcus neoformans transforms when it enters the body, an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by Dartmou ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 30, 2022Health & Medicine
Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are developing a human version of a drug that was highly beneficial to a hamster model of COVID-19. The drug, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2022Health & Medicine
A study found that cannabidiol (CBD) improved the overall health of estrogen-deficient mice. The findings published in F ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 29, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2022Neuroscience
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, which occurs when the brain's supply of oxygen and blood is blocked for a period of time, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2022Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 21, 2022Cancer
Pre-clinical modeling, often using laboratory mice, is essential in developing life-saving therapies to treat cancer and ...Written By: Katie KokolusSEP 19, 2022Neuroscience
There are important neural circuits in the hypothalamus that help us sense our own hunger and when we feel full after a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2022Health & Medicine
Scientists say that lying on the right side is the quickest way to dissolve a pill. The research was published in Physic ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 18, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2022
Immunology
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in the mevalonate kinase gene, which en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research suggests prenatal growth in human ancestors can be predicted from teeth
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 13, 2022
Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans
...
OCT 10, 2022
Microbiology
Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria bites a human, and the i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2022
Immunology
Scientists have developed a gel that can relieve multiple symptoms of gum disease, and brings better health to the oral
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
As cancer drugs are developed, one important process the drug goes through is testing in experimental animals. The use o
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
OCT 07, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2022
Immunology
Guar gum is a common food additive that is extracted from guar beans; it can help stabilize food and animal food, and is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that a fungal pathogen called Cryptococcus neoformans transforms when it enters the body, an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by Dartmou
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are developing a human version of a drug that was highly beneficial to a hamster model of COVID-19. The drug,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study found that cannabidiol (CBD) improved the overall health of estrogen-deficient mice. The findings published in F
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2022
Neuroscience
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, which occurs when the brain's supply of oxygen and blood is blocked for a period of time,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2022
Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 21, 2022
Cancer
Pre-clinical modeling, often using laboratory mice, is essential in developing life-saving therapies to treat cancer and
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 19, 2022
Neuroscience
There are important neural circuits in the hypothalamus that help us sense our own hunger and when we feel full after a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists say that lying on the right side is the quickest way to dissolve a pill. The research was published in Physic
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 18, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch