Tissue regeneration: From fish to mammals
Researchers are working with zebrafish to study the genes that allow certain animals to repair tissue damage. Salamanders can re-grow tails, zebrafish can re-grow fins; ...
Alzheimer’s treatment: Move south for the winter?
Alzheimer’s disease occurs more often in older individuals than in young men and women. As it turns out, as we age, our metabolism and body temperatures also drop. ...
Biomedical Outreach – Spreading the Word
Today marks an important day in history as the first ever Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and veterinary schools across the country are getting together to spread the ...
Canine Parvo Virus – Jumping Species
Anyone in the veterinary industry can tell you that Canine Parvo Virus (CPV) can be deadly to our pups. Since it’s rise in the 1970’s we have kept it relatively at ...
Airlifting Endangered African Rhinos
Have you ever ridden in a helicopter? In an effort to save the declining population of African rhinoceroses there are a group of scientists from the Taronga Zoo and the ...
Neanderthals and Tropical Diseases
Tropical diseases like the Zika virus and Ebola are nothing new. Researchers are saying that humans migrating out of Africa carried diseases that affected the Neanderthal ...
Grizzlies Making a Come Back With Research Help
While the debate and legal issues over de-listing grizzly bears from the endangered species list, for scientists, the show must go on. As part of the Endangered Species Act, ...
PTSD Eased With Blueberries?
It doesn’t sound possible, but exciting new research from Louisiana State University suggests there is a role for blueberries in helping to control negative thoughts. Those ...
Cancer Study Using Dog Saliva?
As an owner of a mastiff I never dreamed that the copious amounts of drool I endured would ever hold the key to helping cure cancer but a new company plans to compile doggy ...
Zika – what does the tropical disease virus look like
Researchers at Purdue have determined what the virus structure looks like. Why is this a big deal? It helps to know your enemy! Having a structure of the virus helps to ...