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Image of the Day: Viral Residue
Image of the Day: Viral Residue
Genetic material from the chikungunya virus remains in mouse cells after infection and may be linked to later joint pain.
Genetic material from the chikungunya virus remains in mouse cells after infection and may be linked to later joint pain.
mouse model, disease & medicine, cell & molecular biology
Special Schwann Cells in Mice Play Unsung Role in Pain
Nicoletta Lanese | Aug 16, 2019 | 2 min read
The glia seem to make up part of a newly described sensory organ, the discoverers suggest.
Image of the Day: Neon Tissue
Chia-Yi Hou | May 31, 2019 | 1 min read
See a mouse organoid imaged using two-photon microscopy.
Image of the Day: Powerful Protein
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 25, 2019 | 1 min read
An experiment tests whether a protein treatment can help hematopoietic stem cells recover after mice are exposed to radiation.
Image of the Day: Colorful Colonoids
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 18, 2019 | 1 min read
Organoids grown from a mouse’s colon will be used to screen drugs for colorectal cancer.
Image of the Day: Tuft Cells
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 3, 2019 | 1 min read
After a severe case of flu, mice have chemosensory cells in their lungs, a place where they don’t normally occur.
Exosomes Linked to Cancer Spread from Chemoresistant Tumors in Mice
Carolyn Wilke | Jan 10, 2019 | 4 min read
The vesicles promote metastasis after chemotherapy, but the authors say the results shouldn’t alarm patients and may point to ways to improve treatments.
Image of the Day: Switch Gears
Sukanya Charuchandra | Sep 10, 2018 | 1 min read
A gene responsible for the free-moving, primitive nature of fetal cells is expressed in some breast cancer cells in mice and humans.