When a mouse catches a whiff of a cat or a rat, it cautiously steps away from the direction of the scent, generally backward so it can keep an eye on the predator. Then it stands on tiptoe, ears ...

Real life Frankenstein—conjoining an obese mouse with a normal mouse Figuring out how the ob gene actually worked took decades and a Frankenstein-like technique called parabiosis.

Jim “Mouse” Robb, a legendary San Diego surfer, especially in Ocean Beach, who started riding waves in the 1940s on 70-pound longboards made of redwood and became a father figure to dozens of ...

The ob/ob mouse is a well-accepted model of type 2 diabetes. Still, the animals differ from humans with type 2 diabetes in having a leptin deficiency and a very early emergence of pathology. This ...

Observer (OB) and demonstrator (DM) mice are placed in separate chambers and allowed to adapt to the new environment for 5 minutes. Soon afterward, the DM mouse shows pain and panic reactions due ...

Since the discovery in 1994 of the obesity gene and its product, the fat-busting protein leptin, scientists have been racing to understand and apply this modern marvel. The ob gene -- ob for obesity - ...

Edited by: Stephen P. Hoffert D.S. Weigle, T.R. Buchowski, D.C. Foster, S. Holderman, J.M. Kramer, G. Lasser, C.E. Lofton-Day, D.E. Prunkard, C. Raymond, J.L. Kuijper, "Recombinant ob protein reduces ...

The research team then created a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain incorporating a fluorescent reporter gene and visualized infected cells in Ob/Ob mice.

Shortage of OB-GYN doctors expected to get worse A year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the U.S. is facing a shortage of OB-GYN doctors. It's only expected to get worse in the years ahead as ...

Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening producer shows a USB mouse working perfectly on Nintendo Switch 2.

Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with an aggressive brain cancer, a striking result that offers new hope for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-led researchers have identified a small molecule called gliocidin that kills glioblastoma cells without damaging healthy cells, potentially offering a new ...