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Animal Models
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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FEB 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 23, 2015Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 13, 2015Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 09, 2015Videos
Scientists have developed a device that allows bacteria that would not grow in a lab environment to be cultured into pot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 02, 2015Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 19, 2015Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 15, 2014Plants & Animals
For years animal researchers have struggled with the problem of observing species in the wild. The very act of trying to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2014Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 04, 2014Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 16, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans always want to find a way to extend life just a little longer. By learning how people age, researchers are attemp ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 22, 2014Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2014Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 18, 2014Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2014Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 03, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Throughout history it has been very common for previously separated gene pools to mix, especially during migrations and ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 03, 2014Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o ...MAR 12, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Did you know that snakes could fly? Not all of them, of course, but one in particular is known for its ability to glide ...
FEB 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Penguins are best known for their swimming, rock hopping and all around adorableness, but people forget that they are bi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 23, 2015
Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 09, 2015
Videos
Scientists have developed a device that allows bacteria that would not grow in a lab environment to be cultured into pot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 19, 2015
Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2014
Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 15, 2014
Plants & Animals
For years animal researchers have struggled with the problem of observing species in the wild. The very act of trying to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 04, 2014
Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 16, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans always want to find a way to extend life just a little longer. By learning how people age, researchers are attemp
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 22, 2014
Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2014
Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 18, 2014
Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2014
Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 03, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout history it has been very common for previously separated gene pools to mix, especially during migrations and
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
APR 03, 2014
Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o
...
MAR 12, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Did you know that snakes could fly? Not all of them, of course, but one in particular is known for its ability to glide
...