Our laboratory animal facility houses mice that we use in conditional genetic ... The juvenile runted mouse was housed in a separate cage for a period of one month to allow for catch-up growth ...

In addition, investigators become familiar with the MGCF's cage tagging system that ... Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual (CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1986).

Animal behavior is finicky, though — especially when those animals are living in tiny laboratory cages, far from their natural habitat. The same mouse in the same marble-burying setup ...

As people who research ageing like to quip: the best thing you can do to increase how long you live is to pick good parents.

A recent study uncovers the pivotal roles of genetics and diet in longevity, revealing that genetics may outweigh dietary ...

Diet counts, but genes count more. A study found that genetics appeared to play a larger role in lifespan than dietary ...

The study is a valuable addition to the field, showing how particulate matter may be acting via nociceptor neurons towards neutrophilic asthma exacerbations. The solid evidence for the role of a ...

A series of experiments on mice has found that they become more aggressive when their gut microbiome is depleted.

Mice live in lab cages. They aren’t exposed to the same environments as humans. “I think it’s crazy to take a drug which will have an effect on you, but you can’t know that it’s going ...

During the peer-review process the editor and reviewers write an eLife assessment that summarises the significance of the findings reported in the article (on a scale ranging from landmark to useful) ...