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Jackson Laboratory researchers find new mechanism for neurodegeneration
01 Sep 2014
Bar Harbor, Maine -- A research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Investigator Susan Ackerman, Ph.D., has pinpointed a... +more
What Zebrafish Can Tell Us about Anxiety
06 Aug 2014
The right tool for the job is important. A surgeon wouldn’t use a chainsaw when a scalpel offers more control. But sometimes the best treatments... +more
Immune System Component Resists Sepsis in Mice
10 Jul 2014
Molecular microbiologists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered that mice lacking a specific component of the immune system are... +more
Are Zebrafish Sentient?
21 Jun 2014
Do you still believe that fish are dumb and cannot feel pain? That we do not have to worry much about how they are cared for or caught? Think again,... +more
Why Labs are Going Green
24 May 2014
A case for conserving water   Just about every new laboratory construction and renovation project incorporates some kind of green initiative.... +more
Why Does Eating Less Increase Life Span?
17 Apr 2014
Nematode worms, fruit flies, mice and other lab animals live longer, healthier lives when they eat less than they otherwise would if more food were... +more
Caffeine Improves Memory in Alzheimer's Mice
09 Apr 2014
As part of a German-French research project, a team led by  Dr. Christa Müller from the Univ. of Bonn and Dr. David Blum from the Univ. of Lille... +more
Copper linked to Alzheimer's disease
26 Aug 2013
By James Gallagher   A lifetime of too much copper in our diets may be contributing to Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say.  ... +more
Messenger between gut and brain linked to eating behavior
26 Aug 2013
Yale researchers report they may have found a key molecular messenger that links the stomach-to-brain reward circuits and signals the brain it has... +more
Artificial Sweeteners Don't Make a Solution to Obesity, Health Problems
12 Jul 2013
Diet beverages and other non-caloric, artificially sweetened foods and drinks may not be the healthy choice to manage weight that they appear,... +more

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