Hamster
Hamsters play a crucial role in various research areas like cancer, reproduction, virology, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases due to their physiological similarities to humans, particularly in lipid metabolism and atherogenesis.
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Fruit Fly
Fruit flies have helped to develop drugs designed to treat a range of diseases from skin infections and genetic disorders to pneumonia, and meningitis. Some of the recent research with fruit flies has focused on understanding Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, spastic paraplegia, cancer, obesity and insomnia.
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.
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Mouse
Mice are pivotal in medical progress, facilitating treatments for cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's, and psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and schizophrenia.
Titi Monkey
Titi monkeys, with their unique capacity for social attachment, are pivotal in studying neurotransmitters' role in attachment biology. Their involvement in visualizing oxytocin receptors aids research in autism spectrum disorder due to biological similarities to humans.
Chicken
Ovarian cancer, affecting 225,000 women annually, is often diagnosed late, leading to high fatality rates. The chicken, mirroring human ovarian cancer, provides a crucial model for early detection research, potentially saving lives.
Japanese shrew
The Japanese Shrew serves as a crucial model for Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID), mirroring symptoms seen in humans, aiding research into digestion disorders affecting both infants and adults.
Zebrafish
Zebrafish, sharing 70% of human genetics and having externally fertilized transparent embryos, serve as invaluable models for studying gene function and genetic diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aiding in drug development.
Adopted Research Heroes Wall of Fame
Adopted Research Heroes Wall of Fame Welcome to the Retired Research Heroes Wall of Fame, where we celebrate the incredible animals who have contributed to scientific advancements and found loving homes after their research journeys. These unsung heroes have played a vital role in improving human and animal…