Cells recall the way they were
Adult tissues retain — and can recover — a memory of their early development, which might be a game-changer for cancer and regenerative medicine
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Dogs & Cats
Home / Animal Groups / Dogs & Cats Animal Group: Dogs & Cats Although dogs and cats represent less than 0.5% of all animals needed in research, they remain crucial to studies to alleviate serious conditions that affect both people and animals. Research with dogs has resulted in…
Researchers Identify a Bacterial Species That Could Protect against Hospital-Acquired Infections
A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering reports the first evidence of a bacterial species that appears to help kill dangerous microbes in the gut.
Immunodeficient mouse with caretaker
Immunodeficient mice, like this one, need specialized care to ensure their health is not compromised. They are important for several research areas including immunology, infectious disease, cancer, and organ transplantation. These particular mice are bred so that they lack a thymus gland, which reduces the number of T…
Baboon
Baboons, closely resembling humans in physiology, serve as vital models in various research areas such as neonatal lung disease, atherosclerosis, pregnancy, nutrition, liver disease, brain imaging, epilepsy, and xenotransplantation.
Farm Animals
Home / Animal Groups / Farm Animals Animal Group: Farm Animals Farm animals make up less than 0.5% -less than one half of one percent- of animals in biomedical research. Species include dairy and beef cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, and horses. These animals are needed for a…
Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs, resembling humans in bacterial infection symptoms and immune response, have aided research for over 200 years, advancing treatments for lung, ear, eye, artery, stomach, intestine diseases, including tuberculosis.
Rhesus macaque
Rhesus macaque monkeys, owing to their anatomical and physiological likeness to humans, have been instrumental in developing life-saving vaccines and treatments like those for polio, smallpox, rabies, and HIV/AIDS. They've also contributed to behavioral discoveries, showing promise in neural mechanism studies.
Marmoset
The common marmoset, due to its size and similarities with humans, is crucial in safety, reproductive biology, neuroscience, and drug development studies. In multiple sclerosis research, its immunological likeness aids therapy development.
This one, newly discovered cell can remake a whole animal
Planaria are master regenerators, thanks to a certain type of stem cell.