Mammals Can Use Their Intestines to Breathe
Researchers demonstrate that the delivery of oxygen gas or oxygenated liquid through the rectum provided vital rescue to two mammalian models of respiratory failure
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Scientists Create 'Epigenetic Couch Potato' Mouse
A new Baylor College of Medicine-led study in mice shows that epigenetics plays a key role in determining one's innate drive to exercise
Space Travel and Your Joints
A novel study of joint cartilage and what it could mean for future astronauts
3-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Mouse Reveals Evolutionary Secrets of Color
Color has played a role in the selective processes that have steered evolution for hundreds of millions of years
How Friendly Mice Can Affect Their Lonely Cagemates
Multiple animal positioning system shows that group-housed mice influence the social proximity of mice reared in isolation
Genes on the Move Help Nose Make Sense of Scents
Scientists have uncovered an ingenious mechanism that underlies the brain’s ability to distinguish different smells
Do You Recognize This Image?
Drug can boost long-term memory of objects
Essential Nutrient May Help Fight Alzheimer’s Across Generations
The study focuses on mice bred to display Alzheimer’s-like symptoms
300 Blind Mice Uncover Genetic Causes of Eye Disease
The results could help identify new causes of hereditary blindness in patients
No Female Mice? Scientists May Still Approve NIH Grant
More scientists are including female animals in preclinical research, but reviewers aren't prioritizing it for funding