Inside their small furry heads, Stanford rats have brains that are a little bit human. These rodents aren’t any smarter than their peers. Their memories aren’t better, and they can’t read ...

In Dr. Sergiu Pașca's research lab at Stanford University, the resident rats have clumps of human cells in their brains. Blow on a rat's whiskers and the human cells on the opposite side of ...

International researchers working on more common global species like the naked mole rat often look to UP for evolutionary ...

When the scientists stroked the rat’s whiskers ... scientists edge closer to accurately imitating the human brain, they will start to cross ethical lines. It probably goes without saying ...

Hundreds of mouse pups with partial rat brains have been born from embryos ... Over the past decade, scientists have been experimenting with growing human organs inside other animals to address ...

Attempts to obtain eggs and offspring using oocytes in ovary have been made for keeping desirable traits in livestock, preserving human fertility ... by transplanting rat ovaries into mice.

We inadvertently help them cross oceans on ships ... They found that denser urban environments and higher human populations helped boost the number of rats. Warmer temperatures seemed to be ...

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans. New research ...