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Animal Research is the use of animals in scientific procedures that helps scientists understand diseases that afflict animals and humans.
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AUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 16, 2015Neuroscience
When Dr. Ravi Allada, a circadian rhythms expert, was looking at a mutant fruit fly fifteen years ago, he began his ques ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Videos
When French researchers released video of a gorilla going ape on his own reflection in a mirror, it went viral. But the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2015Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Cannabis Sciences
Admit it. When the subject of hemp comes up, some of us would think of two dudes in a Volkswagen bus selling scratchy cl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 28, 2015Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2015Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
AUG 17, 2015
Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 16, 2015
Neuroscience
When Dr. Ravi Allada, a circadian rhythms expert, was looking at a mutant fruit fly fifteen years ago, he began his ques
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 13, 2015
Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 13, 2015
Videos
When French researchers released video of a gorilla going ape on his own reflection in a mirror, it went viral. But the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
Admit it. When the subject of hemp comes up, some of us would think of two dudes in a Volkswagen bus selling scratchy cl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2015
Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider