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

Fifteen years ago, researchers introduced the first two mouse models of autism, each carrying a genetic mutation linked to ...

Memories are constantly adapting in the brain over time, dynamically updating as people encounter new information and fresh ...

A new study reveals that mice on calorie-restricted diets lived longest when they lost the least weight, challenging diet assumptions.

Cirrhosis, hepatitis infection and other causes can trigger liver fibrosis -- a potentially lethal stiffening of tissue ...

Researchers should consider stress as a potential variable in studies 7, and environmental enrichment can reduce stress in laboratory rats and mice. Measurable parameters considered to be linked ...

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 ...

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

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?

Scientists found the compound, also known as vitamin K3, triggered some of the prostate cancer cells in mice to burst and die ...

Our laboratory uses transgenic mice as a model system that can be engineered to reproduce focused aspects of the disease. These models allow us to test cellular and molecular hypotheses about causes ...