Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has shown that there's more to the humble mouse ...

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 ...

These "transposable elements," or jumping genes, can disrupt or enhance a gene's function upon insertion ... with inserting these same jumping genes into mice, and they found that the mice lost their ...

Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.

The short-tailed shrew differs from other Adirondack shrews in having a blunter snout, a shorter tail that ... 200 mice. Saliva flows into wounds via the channel formed from the union of the lower ...

In their initial experiments, the researchers injected "naked" RNA strands into the tail veins of mice using a high-pressure ... of an effort to decipher the function of 15,000 genes in a variety ...

Scientists discovered a mechanoreceptor that triggers the distinctive shake-off behavior observed in mice when they become ...

and fibroblasts of mouse tail tips, kidneys, muscles, and adrenal glands. These results demonstrate the capacity of the four transcription factors to mediate reprogramming regardless of ...

Neurotech startup Augmental has raised a $4m seed round to commercialize their wearable interface for people living with ...

Tracking and modeling mouse movements during the platform walking task. Ipsilateral movements (IL) refer to the tail being on the same side as the tilt direction, while contralateral (CL ...