Brazil eyes cloning to bolster endangered species
Scientists in Brazil will try cloning endangered animal species like the jaguar, a researcher said Wednesday.
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2012
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News tagged with animal research
Genetically modifying individual cells in animals
One proven method for tracking down the genetic causes of diseases is to knock out a single gene in animals and study the consequences this has for the organism. The problem is that for many diseases, the pathology is determined ...
Biotechnology
Sep 20, 2023
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The officer for animal research of the Max Planck Society explains new regulations
For the first time, the European Union has published detailed statistics on animal research. Andreas Lengeling, the officer for animal research of the Max Planck Society, explains the background to the new figures.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2020
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Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies
Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in weight gain, according to a new study publishing November 4th in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 4, 2021
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Sheep eyes are the window to their stressed out souls
Thermal imaging technology is being used by AgResearch scientists to gain greater insights into how livestock experience stress, and how that knowledge can help enhance animal welfare.
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2020
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Study identifies potential welfare concerns for privately kept snakes
New University of Bristol-led research has highlighted several potential welfare concerns relating to how snakes are kept in private homes including issues with enclosure size, temperature and humidity.
Ecology
Jul 15, 2022
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Ancient footprints on UK beach record demise of biodiversity hotspot
A team of archaeologists and geographers from The University of Manchester have discovered that hundreds of ancient animal and human footprints found on a beach in Merseyside record a major decline in large animal diversity ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2022
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Researchers find gender bias in sexual cannibalism papers
(Phys.org)—A trio of biologists, Liam Dougherty, Emily Burdfield-Steel and David Shuker from the U.K.'s University of St Andrews, School of Biology, have found that when researchers write papers that are published in scientific ...
How cells are influenced by their environment as tissues grow
How does an embryo develop? How do children grow, wounds heal or cancer spread? All of this has to do with the growth of body tissue. One of the major research interests of ETH Professor Viola Vogel and her senior assistant ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2023
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Crocodile eggs measure river health: New land management tool using Aboriginal knowledge
Ngan'gi speakers know it's time to look for freshwater crocodile eggs when the red kapok trees near the Northern Territory's Daly River burst into flower.
Environment
Nov 12, 2012
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