Biologists have discovered a gene that may keep naked mole rats cancer-free, a finding they hope can have implications with humans.

A pill or two might be able to prevent future devastating spinal cord injuries from turning into paralysis, suggests new research on mice.

A transgenic rodent named for a philanthropic football coach is front and center in the effort to solve the multiple sclerosis whodunit.

Weightlessness experiments using superconductors sweep mice off their feet.

Expedition to New Guinea highlands brings back wild and wooly news on giant rat.

Researchers studying itchy mice determine that separate neurons deliver sensations for itchiness and pain.

Growing a new tooth in the jawbone of a mouse provides the first fully functional organ grown in any animal by transplanting so-called ‘germ cells.’

Even as species disappear at an accelerating rate, intrepid researchers are finding rodents previously unknown to science.

In demonstrating that embryonic stem cells may not be the experimental bottleneck as they are often seen, researchers have created live mice from mouse skin.

In preparation for colonizing space, a crack crew of middle-aged rats is colonizing a patch of Barcelona.

As this blog has been telling readers for a while now, medical research on mice should never be shunted — unless, of course, the ‘shunt’ itself is the focus of the research.

Nanoparticles that help form ‘micelles’ — how perfect for this blog — help in targeting plaque linked to cardiovascular disease.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, ‘Why can’t mice talk?’ this is the study (and, let’s face it, the blog) for you.

What the Human Genome Project did for sequencing the genes of human DNA, the Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium has now accomplished for the furry rodent for which this blog is named.

It’s called the ‘rat race,’ but it turns out they’re not really going very far.

How, exactly, do antidepressant drugs like Prozac affect the brain?

Humans often don’t know what’s in nature’s medicine chest, but a brand-new study suggests that even the scummier corners may hold cures.

Think you might be adding an extra pound or two around the middle? Well, then it might be time to reach up to that spice shelf and take down your bottle of turmeric powder.

Research shows that the wounds of rats heal better when the rodents are living in a comfortable, less stressful environment.

Why isn’t there an AIDS vaccine? Between mice and monkeys, the answer soon may be, ‘There is.’

A study of rats shows that when a mother experiences some form of trauma even before her pregnancy begins, it will still influence her offspring’s behavior.

A new sheriff in town is gunning for drug-resistant staph infections, but this sheriff is very, very small.

When you’re hooked up to an IV, are you receiving only fluids? Or is there something more harmful in there?

By understanding how cell specialization is regulated, scientists could be able to convert one cell type into another, rendering the harvesting of stem cells from embryonic tissue unnecessary.

It turns out it really does matter whether you’ve ‘got milk.’

Genetics may help explain why the children of some women who drink alcohol during pregnancy have birth defects and others do not.

This is not just a pipe dream: The brain apparently does make its own marijuana.

Researchers have created a new system of slow-release delivery for anesthetic drugs, producing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without signs of toxicity in their nerve or muscle cells.

Progressive hearing loss, a common but poorly understood condition, is related to a newly discovered gene that affects the sensory hair cells in the inner ear.

You can add this to the list of things that are unhealthy about smoking cigarettes: Not only is nicotine addictive, it can interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body.

A new mouse model of melanoma has given researchers hope that they can better target malignant skin cancers in humans — with a promising combination of two drug therapies.

Oak trees are disappearing from North American forests, and the pesky pine vole might be to blame.