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Obese mice father offspring that pack more weight than is normal, a series of experiments carried out by a team of Ohio University researchers has revealed.
What's interesting is that newborn male mice appear to be more influenced by their father's weight than female mice are. Thus, they grew to be overwe... |
17 June 2013
14:51 GMT |
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Obesity and type 2 diabetes are health issues currently affecting thousands of people worldwide. By the looks of it, these two conditions could one day be treated with the help of so-called good gut bacteria. A team of researchers writing in this week's issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ... |
14 May 2013
07:40 GMT |
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A drug said to slow the progression of Alzheimer's has successfully been tested on mice by a team of researchers working with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Thus, several older mice displaying Alzheimer's disease symptoms at an advanced stage experienced an improvement in their memory followin... |
14 May 2013
02:33 GMT |
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A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has recently gone public with the news that they have succeeded in healing several neurological deficits in mice with the help of human embryonic stem cells. More precisely, these researchers maintain that, following their transplanting said cells in the ... |
22 April 2013
15:51 GMT |
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A team of researchers working with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States has recently gone public with the news that they had succeeded in treating several cocaine-addicted laboratory mice with the help of lasers. Since the experiments carried out on these laboratory rodents basically came down ... |
4 April 2013
05:11 GMT |
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According to a research whose findings were published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE this past April 2, being hungry does have its benefits. Thus, this study claims that hunger can be quite beneficial to an individual's brain, in the sense that it can help keep Alzheimer's disease at bay.
For those un... |
3 April 2013
04:01 GMT |
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A team of scientists working with the Guangzhou Medical College in China have recently gone public with the news that, according to their experiments, mice are perfectly capable of coughing. As some would put it, this goes to show that they are not all that different from us.
Now that this centuries-long mystery ha... |
1 April 2013
04:20 GMT |
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In the aftermath of several experiments carried out on mice, it is being said that, psychological turmoil and other similar issues aside, learning causes physical damage to the brain.
More precisely, a team of researchers has found that, whenever these laboratory mice are made to process information at a fairly rap... |
26 March 2013
17:21 GMT |
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The idea that certain diseases can be cured by reprogramming various types of cells and thus making them perform tasks they would otherwise never get to perform is nothing new. Still, the discovery that cell reprogramming need not necessarily be done outside the body is indeed attention worthy.
Long story short, a ... |
26 March 2013
16:51 GMT |
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This past March 13, a team of researchers working with the University of California made it public news that they had succeeded in tackling autism-like symptoms in mice with the help of a drug known as suramin.
Following their carrying this clinical trial on animals, the scientists hope to test the drug on children... |
14 March 2013
08:34 GMT |
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A team of Japanese researchers now claim that they have succeeded in creating as many as 581 exact replicas of a run-of-the-mill mouse.
In order to obtain these genetic copies of the animal used in the initial stage of the experiments, the scientists had to resort to 25 rounds of cloning, sources say.
Despite the... |
11 March 2013
04:21 GMT |
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Besides the chicken and the egg dilemma, there is one other issue which has been troubling the minds of researchers for several years now: why it is exactly that people and some animals enjoy both massages and being stroked as much as they do.
Thanks to a team of scientists working with the California Institute of ... |
31 January 2013
10:53 GMT |
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Scientists at the Brown University discovered in a new study on unsuspecting lab mice that the tiny rodents may have a specialized neural system responsible for processing their initial reaction to smells that are instinctually important.
In other words, the neural network may also play a role in the initial detecti... |
24 July 2012
03:53 GMT |
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In a new study conducted on unsuspecting lab mice, researchers at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have determined that high-fat diets can lead to the development of anxiety and depression. The work reveals a potential explanation for why these two conditions are so widespread in the population.
In a paper det... |
28 May 2012
03:30 GMT |
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A new application is now available for download for all those who would like a simple tool to customize their Microsoft mice and keyboards, namely Microsoft Device Center.
According to Microsoft, the new software was meant to put together the functionality of IntelliPoint and IntelliType Pro software in a single a... |
27 March 2012
15:41 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking new study, experts managed to sequence the genetic codes, or genomes, of 17 strains of lab mice. The tiny rodents are widely used as proxies for a variety of human diseases and conditions, due to the fact that many of their ailments affect our species as well.
The number of new drugs, therapies... |
15 September 2011
05:41 GMT |
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Logitech has earlier today introduced its own version of Apple's Magic Touchpad for Windows running machines, which is known as the Wireless Touchpad and brings multi-touch gesture support to Microsoft's operating system.The black five inch button-free surface can be placed anywhere near the PC as it commun... |
13 September 2011
08:49 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, announces the development of engineered mice that contain human liver cells. The new achievement could advanced the field of pharmaceutical drugs considerably.When a new chemical is produced for drugs, experts need to kno... |
12 July 2011
05:40 GMT |
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The international scientific community may soon have access to new types of animal models for major depressive disorder (MDD), say investigators at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Researchers here say that they were recently able to create a new mouse model that can replicate MDD with great efficiency... |
19 May 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Without a doubt, there are certain situations when using a normal mouse (even a wireless one) is next to impossible, and this is exactly the reason why Japanese company SIGMA APO has developed the SGMRF3 mouse, a wireless, handheld accessory that many users will most likely find to be quite useful.Similar to some of ... |
28 March 2011
04:10 GMT |
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After talking about the Penguin anti-RSI mouse a short while ago, it's now time to take a look at yet another product touted as being capable of delivering an improved level of ergonomics during use, namely the DXT Precision Mouse.Similar to some of the other devices of this type we've come across over time... |
23 March 2011
05:06 GMT |
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By engineering a mutation in a single gene, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were able to produce lab mice that exhibited symptoms characterizing autism in humans. The mouse genome apparently needed little modifications in order to display compulsive and repetitive behaviors, the team sa... |
21 March 2011
06:45 GMT |
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Despite targeting mostly users on a rather tight budget (and especially on emerging markets), peripheral manufacturer Genius has really managed to make a good name for itself and to sell plenty of mice and keyboards, such as their newly-introduced Traveler 6000 wireless mice.
In fact, we're talking about a si... |
18 March 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Verbatim's PC peripheral lineup is quite an impressive one, and it seems that now US customers will also be able to get their hands on some of these products, since the company has revealed the launch of multiple wireless keyboards and mice targeting this specific market.The products in question are the Mini Wir... |
11 March 2011
07:33 GMT |
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It really seems that Gigabyte will have quite a few new products on display at CeBIT 2011, including here a brand-new mouse designed specifically for gamers, namely the Aivia M8600.As Chiphell reports, what we're talking about here is the company's first wireless gaming mouse, but despite its lack of a phys... |
28 February 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Although managing to make a name for themselves against some of the much better-known players in this segment will be a pretty difficult job, that's not stopping Rude Gameware from releasing new and improved gaming-oriented products, such as the brand-new Fierce Laser Gaming Mouse V2 model.Without a doubt, havin... |
26 January 2011
04:01 GMT |
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One of the biggest problems encountered by most people who have built their home entertainment systems around a media center or home-theater PC is the fact the controls can be often clunky or not particularly comfortable, and in order to mitigate this issue, Logitech has just released their Wireless Mouse M515, a mou... |
21 January 2011
05:36 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the Scripps Research Institute (SRI) and other organizations managed to create an immunity-like effect against cocaine in mice, rising hopes of developing new treatments and cures against human additions. The substance could be used as a guarantee that former addicts stay off the stuff. T... |
5 January 2011
10:56 GMT |
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It seems that Apple's not the only company capable of designing and launching a multi-touch mouse (albeit we'll have to admit their merits for being the first ones to do so), since the Japanese from Sanwa has also outed such a product, that works on a 2.4 GHz wireless interface.Design-wise, the device ... |
29 December 2010
04:37 GMT |
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Although it's best-known for its advanced motherboards, graphics cards and portable computers, the truth of the matter is that Gigabyte is also actively involved in the field of computer peripherals, the latest product of this type they've come up with being the M7800E Wireless Laser Mouse.
First and for... |
28 December 2010
02:15 GMT |
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Reproductive scientists in Texas, led by Dr. Richard R. Berhringer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, have used stem cell technology to create male and female mice from two fathers.The researchers explained that their study “exploits iPS cell technologies to combine the alleles from two males to generate male an... |
10 December 2010
03:03 GMT |
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Scientists at the Washington State University (WSU) are currently investigating the communication patterns developing between mice inside the controlled confines of their lab. Using acoustic tools, the researchers are converting the ultrasounds the rodents produce into audible noises. Though the mice may appear at fi... |
6 December 2010
08:46 GMT |
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In an interesting new finding, researchers determined that the area of the brain which enables mice to flick their whiskers when sensing an obstacle is not the one they thought it was. It would appear that the sensory, not motor, cortex is the main control center for this activity.Investigators now believe that these... |
26 November 2010
06:24 GMT |
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Smartfish have decided to adapt their anti-RSI offering, the Smartfish Mouse, in order to cater for the needs of users on the move, and released the Whirl Mini Notebook Laser mouse, described as a gravity-defying travel mouse that adapts to the natural motion of your hand.The reason for that is that mo... |
24 November 2010
02:41 GMT |
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We're not sure just how many of you have ever been curious about the levels reached by their blood pressure while they're playing some hardcore game on the computer or simply working, but those curious enough about this particular topic might soon get a tool that will provide them said information, namely t... |
19 November 2010
08:11 GMT |
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On board the space shuttle Discovery which will lift off November 2, the six astronauts will be accompanied by 16 mice, which go to fulfill a historic mission – furnish more data on spaceflight-induced impairment of the human immune system.For the last 25 years, NASA has been trying to find out why spaceflight ... |
30 October 2010
05:39 GMT |
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A collaborative study by Professor Jonas Frisén's research group at Karolinska Institutet and their colleagues from France and Japan, has proven that stem cells along with other cells can repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord.Spinal cord injuries cause damage to nerve roots that carry signals to ... |
8 October 2010
09:34 GMT |
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For the past few years, the field of nanotechnology has been experiencing a massive rise in popularity among scientists. Advancements made thus far are beginning to catch up with old science fiction books, and yet there are still some concerns holding research back. One of these issues is determining the extent of th... |
9 August 2010
04:22 GMT |
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According to researchers, it may be that past instances of global warming had a huge impact on small mammal communities as well. For example, during the last Ice Age, it is estimated that the soaring temperatures killed off about one third of mouse species. This is the same event that led to the extinction of woolly ... |
24 May 2010
03:43 GMT |
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According to a new study, it would appear that paternal mice tend to grow new neurons when they play around with their offspring. The researchers hypothesize that, in order for the adult animals to become highly-protective of their offspring, they need to grow new batches of gray matter. Once this happens, however, t... |
10 May 2010
12:48 GMT |
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Most research laboratories around the world rely on various animals to conduct their experiments on. House mice are undoubtedly the most popular choice for a wide array of investigations, and, as such, the small rodents can indeed be credited as our unsung heroes. The dark side of research is that, most of the times,... |
10 May 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Researchers have recently determined that lab mice can eliminate trace amounts of the painkiller morphine, if they are injected with precursor chemicals to the drug. The finding implies that mammals are capable of synthesizing the complex compound inside the body, which may help them cope with various types of pain. ... |
27 April 2010
03:34 GMT |
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A new review on how lab mice and rats are being treated and experimented upon shows that the unhealthy conditions in which the animals live may be keeping scientists from progressing, and even skewing their results. The report highlights the fact that most research groups keep their animals in extremely unhealthy con... |
3 March 2010
03:46 GMT |
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One of the most important properties of the human brain is called plasticity. It refers to the ability of the cortex to adapt to new stimuli all the time. While people are young, this ability is at work almost all of the time, breaking apart and creating new synapses and neural pathways, in an attempt to keep up with... |
26 February 2010
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Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California, have recently managed to achieve an impressing goal – the transplantation of a liver from a human to a mouse. They were successful in their quest, which means that human liver cells, which are subjected to the same type of infecti... |
23 February 2010
01:41 GMT |
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In a new study, researchers in Italy have managed to prove the craving can override adversity to pain. The work was conducted on lab mice, which were trained to have a conditioned response to painful stimuli. The researchers say that the rodents, which were craving for chocolate, were ready to brave assured pain in o... |
8 February 2010
10:00 GMT |
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Investigators have proposed over the years that the light drug marijuana may play an important role in tempering, or even reducing the effects of the neurodegenerative condition Alzheimer's. But now, Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Insti... |
8 February 2010
09:21 GMT |
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Brain damages are extremely difficult to treat, and the healing process, even when effective, usually takes a long time to complete. Now, researchers say that a diet rich in proteins could be very beneficial for the condition, promoting and accelerating healing. The work was conducted by scientists at the University ... |
8 December 2009
05:32 GMT |
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Scientists at the Harvard University were recently able to develop a new fingernail-sized implant that they say can treat cancer tumors inside mice models, in the lab. The cancer vaccine is loaded unto this substrate, which then carries it inside the body, the team details. Their achievement is the first such device ... |
26 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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According to scientists who performed a new set of experiments on unsuspecting mice, it may be that the large number of police jail deaths that took place about a decade ago were caused by the use of pepper sprays on people intoxicated with psychoactive drugs. The investigation raises new questions on the use of the ... |
13 November 2009
09:02 GMT |
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