Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.
Other
Apr 23, 2009
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Plant and animal species can lose their ability to adapt as a result of climate change. This is shown by research performed by Marleen Cobben with which she hopes to obtain her doctorate at Wageningen University on April ...
Ecology
Apr 16, 2012
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A national genome study into island populations of the tammar wallaby has revealed a startling level of genetic similarity between males on Garden Island.
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bits of movable DNA called transposable elements or TEs fill up the genomes of plants and animals, but it has remained unclear how a genome can survive a rapid burst of hundreds, even thousands of new TE ...
Biotechnology
Oct 21, 2009
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The discovery of a gene associated with a persistent viral infection that causes an incurable disease—ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP)—in sheep has led to the development of a genetic test that can be used to help reduce ...
Biotechnology
Jun 18, 2013
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Leptospirosis is a globally distributed infectious disease that affects both animals and humans. While the infection is endemic in tropical regions, its incidence seems to increase in temperate regions. The serological diagnostic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2024
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In the early 1900s, a cook named Mary Mallon, better known as "Typhoid Mary," spread Salmonella Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, to dozens of her patrons even though she showed no symptoms. Many people today harbor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2024
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Our animal companions bring us joy and love us unconditionally. There is no question that our pet dogs and cats play an important role in our lives as companions.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 30, 2022
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Scientists have used genetic testing on animals that died of natural causes for the first time, potentially boosting efforts to save endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2013
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires all new medicines to be tested in animals before use in people. Pigs make better medical research subjects than mice, because they are closer to humans in size, physiology and ...
Biotechnology
Apr 13, 2021
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