Japanese Scientists Grow Teeth In Mice

Scientists in Japan have managed to grow fully functional teeth in mice using stem cells, and are hopeful the same technique can be used to grow human organs in the future. The researchers created a seed...

Camel Spiders Could Eat You for Supper!

Beware the Camel Spider! Though it may look like a spider, they are quite different.  Like scorpions and harvestmen, camel spiders belong to a distinct arachnid order called Araneae.   I must admit when...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

The Mouse Passes One Billion Sold :: Symblogogy

"Mice, Mice, Mice - Logitech celebrates the production of it's billionth mouse. Image Credit: LogitechThe Mouse Passes One Billion SoldThis is a campaign that is beginning to rival fast food giant,...

Epilepsy Breakthrough: Immune Cells Stick in Brain Blood Vessels

SCIENTISTS have linked the blood brain barrier as the possible key to epilepsy.  It is believed that some leucocytes - white blood cells - breach this barrier often causing a life-time of epiletic seizures.   " A faulty immune reaction may be responsible for the...

Four Door Media introduces Road Mice

" Four Door Media introduces its innovative wireless optical car shaped computer mouse called Road Mice which is officially licensed by renowned auto manufacturers. You can now park a Dodge Charger,...

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

" Paul Armentano  What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You Posted June 24, 2008 | 04:20 PM (EST) ...

'New prostate' grown inside mouse

Prostate cancer- a major men killer - retreats a bit as scientists managed to make new advances. A new prostate gland has been grown in mice by stem cell technology. "However, any thoughts it could lead to...

'Eternal Sunshine' drug selectively erases memories

"Memory Hole in a pill"- to go along with your Soma. The Bush Administration? What's that?"For those haunted by thoughts of an old flame or a tragic accident, the chance to selectively erase memories might be...

German Researchers Claim Alzheimer's Breakthrough

" German scientists have developed a new enzyme-blocking method which nearly halts the formation of protein deposits associated with Alzheimer's. Still, it could be years before the treatment becomes reality. For more than a decade, Hans-Ulrich Demuth and his team at a...

Breast cancer vaccine hope raised

As the UK launches it nationwide free vaccination programme against HPV the virus associated with cervical cancer we get news of a possible vaccine against breast cancer. Early days yet but if the results in mice...

Animals in Laboratories: the real story

They say that if animals believed in the Devil, he would look like Man. For animals that are caught up in the laboratory sciences, this must hold especially true.  Whether undergoing repeated poisonings in...

Loyal dog guards owner for weeks after death

"GREELEY, Colorado (AP) -- A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. ...

Scientists stop ageing in mice

There's been some amazing scientific discoveries reported this week. First, scientists in California have come up with substances that may prove instrumental in developing invisible cloaking technology, and now...

Attention couch potatoes: exercise pill in the works

"Exercise pill" is a great oxymoron.  I'm sure it could provide great benefit to people who cannot exercise but I'm not so sure about its application for couch potatoes. Right now, if you're a mouse, you...

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