"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most provocative prehistoric human skeletons ever discovered. But the results ...

So, a rat is not a monkey is not a human. Studying the behaviour of rodents is valid ethological and neurobiological work, and animal welfare is certainly important. However, it is the pain of ...

The first CF rat model, CFTR tm1sage (termed CFTR-/- or KO), was designed in collaboration with SAGE (now Horizon Discovery) and subsequently characterized at UAB and distributed to the CF community.

The human cells formed connections with rat neurons and could be used to control the rats’ behavior. “It’s a very important . . . very cool study,” Yun Li, a molecular geneticist at the University of ...

Of 98 local cases from 2001 to 2023, the median age was 50 years (total range 20 to 80 years). The cases also usually involved men, and were mostly reported from the Bronx (37), followed by ...

“You really have to learn the rat you are working with,” says Dora Hebert, a trainer at APOPO. “Rats are different from one another. Just like human beings.” Hebert has worked for APOPO ...