Mice News
April 13, 2025
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Apr. 9, 2025 — In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A research team has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than before. Their technology, ENVLPE, uses engineered ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a new treatment for ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonization of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning point in the antibiotics ...
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Apr. 2, 2025 — Scientists are working to create a new light-activated 'smart' bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer. The new light-sensitive chemicals called cyanine-carborane salts are used in photodynamic ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers show that a cocktail of growth factors reversed would-be lethal cell damage in mice with anthrax, suggesting that this approach could be adapted for use in ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers have provided evidence that these genes contribute together to the evolutionary ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Many obese people report losing pleasure in eating rich foods -- something also seen in obese mice. Scientists have now discovered the reason. Long-term high-fat diets lower levels of neurotensin in ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk of diabetes later in life, new research in mice ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Early animal studies show that a single vaccine could protect the recipient from different variants of the coronaviruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and the common cold. In addition to creating ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Researchers have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis ...
Earlier Headlines
Mar. 21, 2025 — Aging compromises the lymphatic vessels surrounding the brain, disabling waste drainage from the brain and impacting cognitive function. Researchers boosted lymphatic vessel integrity in old mice and ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA. ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — A new AI tool builds sophisticated map of mouse ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, researchers are shedding light on the holy grail of neuroscience: the mechanics of how we learn. The team ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Brain implants hold immense promise for restoring function in patients with paralysis, epilepsy and other neurological disorders. But a team of researchers has discovered that bacteria can invade the ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Study findings provide a new gene pathway for potential treatment of the virus affecting ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory: 'There's rosemary, that's for remembrance,' says Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. So it is fitting that researchers would ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered how a gut bacterium, Clostridium scindens, aids in healing intestinal injuries by restoring bile acid balance. Their findings could pave the way for new treatments for ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Researchers have shown how a low carbohydrate diet can worsen the DNA-damaging effects of some gut microbes to cause colorectal cancer. The study compared the effects of three different diets in ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, according to a team of researchers. The ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers use a unique barcoding system to track K. pneumoniae bacteria as it moved throughout the ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity. A ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers have developed two strains of mycobacteria with 'kill switches' that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Bigger animals consistently show higher prevalence of both benign and malignant ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called ...
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- New CRISPR Tool Enables More Seamless Gene Editing -- And Improved Disease Modeling
- Adaptive Defenses Against Malicious Jumping Genes
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Efficient Development of Drugs With Fewer Mice
- Bacteria Invade Brain After Implanting Medical Devices
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Compound Found in Common Herbs Inspires Potential Anti-Inflammatory Drug for Alzheimer's Disease
- Gut Bacteria Heal the Colon
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
- We Feed Gut Microbes Sugar, They Make a Compound We Need
- How a Low-Carb Diet Can Drive Colorectal Cancer Development
- Synthetic Microbiome Therapy Suppresses Bacterial Infection Without Antibiotics
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Scientists Track Pneumonia-Causing Bacteria as They Infect the Blood Stream
- Neurons Gather Together for Vision
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Bigger Animals Get More Cancer, Defying Decades-Old Belief
- Research Suggests Common Viral Infection Worsens Deadly Condition Among Premature Babies
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- How the Brain Balances Risk and Reward in Making Decisions
- Cell Connects: Breaking Barriers in Stem Cell Communication Through mRNA Transfer
- New Research Shows Neonatal HSV Infections May Lead to Long-Term Cognitive Impairment
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- New Study Uncovers How Genes Influence Retinal Aging and Brain Health
- A Treatment-Resistant, Severe Type of Asthma Successfully Modeled in Mice
- Biologists Transform Gut Bacteria Into Tiny Protein Pharmacies
- Even After Learning the Right Idea, Humans and Animals Still Seem to Test Other Approaches, Study Suggests
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Researchers Discover How Opsin 3, a Light-Sensitive Brain Protein, Regulates Food Consumption in Mice
- Mouse Study Finds Impaired Cell Development: Intermittent Fasting Could Be Unsafe for Teenagers
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Guardian Molecule Keeps Cells on Track -- New Perspectives for the Treatment of Liver Cancer
- Dessert Stomach Emerges in the Brain
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Is CBD Use During Pregnancy as Safe as People Think? New Study Uncovers Potential Risks to Babies
- Scientists Reveal Gut Microbes' Hidden Role in Anxiety: Could Probiotics Be the Next Mental Health Breakthrough?
- Drug Reverses Groin Hernias in Male Mice Without Surgery, Shows Promise in Humans
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- New Study Model With Clues to Anti-Aging
- Luteolin, an Antioxidant in Vegetables, May Contribute to the Prevention of Hair Graying
Monday, February 3, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Microbial Therapy Offers New Hope for Vitiligo Patients
- New Clues to the Mechanism Behind Food Tolerance and Allergies
- First Mouse With Two Male Parents to Reach Adulthood
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Monday, January 20, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Cilia's Secrets Revealed Using Connectome Data
- The Proteins That Make Cell-to-Cell Cargo Transport Possible
- Bird Flu Is Mutating, but Antivirals Still Work
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Cell-Based Therapy Improves Outcomes in a Pig Model of Heart Attacks
- Scientists Advance Nanobody Technology to Combat Deadly Ebola Virus
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Scientists Unveil Surprising Human Vs Mouse Differences in a Major Cancer Immunotherapy Target
- Researchers Discover Class of Anti-Malaria Antibodies
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds
- Shiitake-Derived Functional Food Shows Suppression of Liver Fibrosis Progression
- How a New Gut Microbe Drives the Gut-Lung Axis
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- The Longevity Factor Foxo3 Mediates 'unfit' Cell Elimination to Ensure Healthy Body Construction
- Discouraged Zebrafish Help Reveal How Ketamine Works in the Brain
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Flavonoid Powerhouse: Kaempferol's Role in Taming Allergic Responses
- Staphylococcus Aureus Thwarts Vaccines by Turning on a Protein That Halts Immune Response
- Researchers Discover New Neurons That Suppress Food Intake
Friday, December 13, 2024
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- The Maternal Microbiome During Pregnancy Impacts Offspring's Stem Cells in Mice
- A Lipid Nanoparticle Delivers mRNA Cure for Pre-Eclampsia in Mice
- Scientists Transform Ubiquitous Skin Bacterium Into a Topical Vaccine
Monday, December 9, 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Lasting Effects of Common Herbicide on Brain Health
- The Secret to Our Big Brains Might Be in Our Gut
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Scientists Identify Brain Cell Type as Master Controller of Urination
- Controlling a Cancer-Associated Gene Can Mimic Muscle Growth from Exercise
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Pregnancy Enhances Natural Immunity to Block Severe Flu
- A Bodily Balancing Act: Breakthrough Discovery Identifies Key Factor for Balancing Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acids in the Body
- Study May Reverse Century-Old Understanding of the Shape of 'arms' On Mammals' Brain Cells
- Mouse Study Captures Aging Process at the Cellular Level
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Great Apes Visually Track Subject-Object Relationships Like Humans Do, Study Finds
- Nerve Cells of Blind Mice Retain Their Visual Function
- Machine Learning Reveals Behaviors Linked With Early Alzheimer's, Points to New Treatments
- Researchers Find That Intestinal Infections Change Bile Composition
Monday, November 25, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Scientists Find a Region of the Mouse Gut Tightly Regulated by the Immune System
- Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection
- Females Sleep Less, Awaken More Frequently Than Males