More than 111 million rats and mice are estimated to be used in U.S. research labs each year, subjected to painful and ...

Thousands of chemicals in industry haven’t been thoroughly tested for their safety and toxicity. Researchers are working to ...

The city of Somerville announced on Feb. 19 that it is participating in a Rodent Fertility Control Study using Evolve, which ...

Weeks after two-time Oscar winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in mysterious circumstances, it has been ...

In what some are calling poetic justice, Dr Jay Bhattacharya s appointment to head the NIH comes after his predecessor, Dr ...

Known as the rat torture method, it originated in medieval Europe, a period of time that is remembered for its unique methods of torture and execution. While rats have been used as punishment methods ...

A New Mexico medical examiner revealed on Friday afternoon that Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus ...

A vast number of chemicals are registered for production and use around the world. But only a portion have been thoroughly evaluated for their ...

Although not all mice and rats carry hantaviruses ... the heart’s ability to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body’s organs. If untreated, these effects can lead to shock, organ failure and ...

New numbers from the White Coat Waste Project, shared with The Washington Times, show that the National Institutes of Health ...

“The real stroke of brilliance is the notion that you make the cell younger, and then it would be more resilient to injury,” ...

Appearances can be deceiving in the animal kingdom. Some of the most charming creatures harbor hidden dangers beneath their ...