Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.
A peripheral nerve graft and treatment with an enzyme blocker restored breathing in partially paralyzed rats. The finding, published today (July 13) in Nature, suggests that a similar technique could one day be used to treat quadriplegics, who usuall
A University of Pennsylvania researcher claims his colleagues put their names on a Big Pharma-financed study of the anti-depressant Paxil, sight unseen.
A fully-functional tooth grown from stem cells is successfully implanted into a mouse.
Mice with miniature human livers more accurately test a drug’s toxic side effects.
The neural nexus of the circadian clock shows signs of functional decline as mice age, providing clues as to why sleep patterns tend to change as people grow older.
Researchers find that an ingredient in common cough medicine improves multiple sclerosis symptoms in animal models.
A new strain of gonorrhea is resistant to all currently available antibiotics.
Gene expression analysis allows researchers to predict which patients will respond to flu vaccines and possibly expedite vaccine development.