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01/10/2019

23/09/2019

Nose Cells Help Paralyzed Dogs

Taking cells from the back of the nasal cavity of pet dogs with spinal injuries and transplanting them into the site of injury restored some movement in most of the 23 animals tested. With the help of a supporting harness, some were even able to walk on a treadmill. Before the surgery, the dogs had....

23/09/2019

How Mole Rats Fight Cancer

When cells taken from blind mole-rats proliferate too many times, the cells die en-masse, suggesting a possible mechanism for how these animals keep pre-cancerous cells from developing into full-fledged disease. The study, published last week (October 5) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

23/09/2019

Sniffing Out TB

The Belgian NGO Apopo is on the hunt for the life-threatening bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), and it is finding it using an unlikely helper—the African giant pouched rat, so named for its paunchy cheek pouches. After a bit of training, the rats can identify a distinctive TB smell—caused...

23/09/2019

Cloning Biologist Dies

Part of the team that cloned the first mammal from adult cells in 1996, Keith Campbell from the University of Nottingham, died last week (October 5) at the age of 58. The university confirmed the reports, but did not specify a cause of death. In 1991 Campbell started working on cloning experiments a...

23/09/2019

Conservation Will Cost $76 Billion

We can now put a price on nature. Protecting the world’s most endangered species from extinction and conserving their habitats will cost $76.1 billion per year, according to estimates published today (October 11) in Science. Though the figure may seem daunting, researchers say it’s a small price...

23/09/2019

She’s Got The Face Of A Cat, But The Voice Of A What?!?!

Most of us face difficulties trying to figure out who we are and what we want to be. While growing up, the biggest task we have to tackle is figuring out our personalities. Often confused, we search for someone or something that will give meaning to our lives. However, we are not the only ones […]

23/09/2019

There is a certain beauty and strength in weakness as some may say. But sometimes inequity between people brings only sorrow. Such is the case of domestic violence, an acute yet so often unspoken problem all over the world.

23/09/2019

A woman from Washington State spent nearly two months searching for her runaway dog. Refusing to give up, she did everything in her power to find her beloved 7-year-old border collie Katie. Including quitting her job.