The method is topical and non-invasive, which could be extremely appealing to people in not only research but in medicine ...

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

Physician and journalist Bryce Y. Lee reveals how scientists are using the food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice ...

Could we pack the dementia-fighting benefits of exercise into a pill? An intriguing mouse study conducted by USC scientists ...

However, research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles may offer patients a glimmer of hope. Scientists there say they've ...

Shelby is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her PhD from West Virginia University in immunology and ...

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 ...

Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh describes how soda companies have influenced the science around sugary drinks.

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects. These animals may be small, but their contribution to current research is ...

Scientists there say they've successfully reversed liver fibrosis in mice. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, the team say they've discovered a genetic pathway that, if blocked ...

In mice at least, scientists have found a way to stop and even reverse a deadly scarring of liver tissue called fibrosis If proven to work in people, it would be a major advance for patients ...