Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...

People inherit two copies of each gene—one from each parent—an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

The types of bacteria present in the gut could influence an individual's stress response over time, according to the findings of a recent study in mice.

Obesity causes insulin resistance by increasing activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the release of the stress hormone norepinephrine, according to a new study.

Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of ...

Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. Research has shown that there's more to the humble mouse tail than previously assumed. Using a novel experimental setup ...

They found that mRNA vaccines that target C. diff cells and the toxins they produce generated a lasting immune response in ...

The research team included scientists from the Francis Crick Institute and University College London. Used alone, BBI-2779 inhibited tumor growth by 64% compared to mice given placebo. Another ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.

Their research focused on mice, which exhibit this same shaking behavior. Led by neuroscientist Dawei Zhang, the study explains that the key players are specialized touch-sensing neurons called ...