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Manipulating Dopamine in a Bid to Help Smoking Addicts

In what could be hopeful news for the treatment of smoking addiction, Parkinson’s disease, and schizophrenia, researchers at…

Some stem cells have the ability to build fat, according to a study in the Oct. 17 issue…

Apparently, you are what your mouse mother ate.

Some snippets of DNA that have been highly conserved throughout evolution pose a puzzle for researchers: What, exactly,…

A new magnetic resonance imaging procedure can spot breast cancer very early in mice, finding the smallest cancers…

A diet that is low in calories but highly nutritious may not be as effective in extending the lifespan of humans as it is in rodents

Small rodents with long lifespans — such as the squirrel, chipmunk and muskrat — have evolved a previously…

The first study of its kind suggests that the flowering plant Nigella sativa protects the liver against reperfusion…

A new study of rats following minor spinal cord injuries helps explain how physical therapy aids recovery, and…

A new study from West Virginia University has found that injections of an antioxidant, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), can…