Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...

A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities to examine the ...

A Michigan State University researcher's new model for studying breast cancer could help scientists better understand why and ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

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Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In new research done on mice, scientists point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells, which make ...

Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...

reports evidence that a synthetic vitamin K precursor can be used to slow the progression of prostate cancer in lab mice. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men ...

So how helpful have lab mice been in furthering our understanding of autism? Where should we be focusing our research efforts?

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.

According to Andrechek, while a genetically engineered mouse model can be artificially tweaked through injection to force cancer cells to go to organs like the liver or brain, his lab’s newly ...