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Rodents are warm-blooded mammals that can be found throughout the world. They have oversized front teeth for gnawing and check teeth which can damage buildings, contaminate food, and transmit diseases to people.
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Findings Could Guide Development of Treatments for Lassa Fever For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research In ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
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Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
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Researchers have found a chain of reactions within nerve cells that signal pain related to inflammation. Developing drug ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 29, 2016Immunology
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Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 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 SchneiderJUN 01, 2015Health & Medicine
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Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
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Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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