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Harvard researchers discovered a new form of eyesight for one species of River House resident when they found a special type of cell in mice that detects upward motion...
...world would mice need to develop cells to detect upward motion?” Sanes said in a statement. “It’s a great mystery.”broader applications as a potential model for investigating other brain function disorders...
...break from tradition and subtle in its impact. The best golfers soon figured out how to adapt. Nick Faldo, a three-time Masters champion, says the longer grass may actually assist players as rough reduces backspin, which can cause balls to scurry off Augusta's treacherous greens like startled mice. "The rough is so short and the greens so challenging that players can potentially use it to their advantage," he says. "You can hit intentionally into the rough to take the spin off your approach. Players are comfortable with that...
Traditionally, new vaccines are tested in mice, rabbits or, in the case of AIDS, monkeys. But animal testing is time-consuming, expensive, and controversial. The biggest bugaboo of all is translation. No matter how well an experimental vaccine works in animals, the leap to humans is riddled with uncertainty and unforeseeable complications. Last year's collapse of a late-stage AIDS vaccine trial involving thousands of volunteers is a case in point. The experimental vaccine used in the STEP study, co-sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the vaccine's creator, pharmaceutical giant Merck, looked promising in monkeys...
...Sadly, this cultural trend is also reflected in our nation’s laws. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) explicitly exempts laboratory mice, rats, and birds from its definition of “animal,” and ignores farmed animals entirely, while state animal cruelty laws typically exempt “common agricultural practices...