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Australian scientists help fat mice lose weight Posted: 4 months ago by pocksucket
By blocking the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in mice, Australian researchers have influenced the behaviour of fat cells, causing the rodents to lose weight while simultaneously reducing blood pressure and reducing the risk of diabetes.
Cake loving mice everywhere are rejoicing.
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Record Plague Of Mice Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
Remember the old "Guinness Book of World Records" TV show? Here is a story that will make you cringe. It is about the largest infestation of mice. The number of mice is sickening enough, but when they talk about the kid eating the dead mice...
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Who knew? Mice have vocal sex too, we just couldn't hear it Posted: 5 months ago by h2so4hurts
No one knew exactly why mice sing, but rats make similar calls during sex, pleasant brain stimulation, and drug use, so psychologists thought the songs might be a sign of happiness.
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2 Billion Mice Overrun China Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
The trouble began when the Yangtze River flooded and drove the mice out of their holes - now the ravenous rodents are wreaking havoc across the countryside.
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Elephants v. Mice Posted: 9 months ago by ashlesdc
The mythbusters take on the age old myth of elephants being scared of mice. Who will take all in the battle royale?
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Vibrating mice may hold obesity clue Posted: 10 months ago by DrNothing
A short stint on a vibrating platform might slow the development of fat cells in mice by nearly 20%, according to controversial new research.
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A woman who was trying to kill mice shoots herself and another Posted: 2 months ago by smarty1052
The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.
I'm on a posting frenzy.. so sick of work
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Cat pee makes male mice macho, females swoon Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
Lady mice prefer cat urine drenched male mice over rabbit urine drenched male mice.
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Monster carnivorous mice overrun British-owned Gough Island Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores.
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Forget Snakes on a Plane. How about Mice in the Toilet? Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Small neighborhood adjacent to the University of Arizona see an influx of lab mice supposedly coming through their toilets.
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Paralyzed Mice Walk Again Posted: 1 year ago by Mershaullk
Samuel Stupp has a bunch of mice that used to drag their hind legs behind them when they crawled around his Illinois lab, but they have miraculously regained at least partial use of their rear legs.
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Giant Mice Devouring Island Seabird Chicks, Threatening Extinction Posted: 1 year ago by niceplime
Mice conquer the world!
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Cooped up birds, mice found in tiny apartment after stench alerts neighbours Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Pigeons and cannibal mice being raised by a man later detained under the province's mental health act.
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Ew. EW!! Mice, everywhere! EW!!! Posted: 2 years ago by imnotyoo
Mouse plauge. A waterfall of mice. And it just keeps going. On and on. Forever.
(I know I hate Ebaum's, but I was so bored. Oh my.)
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Giant flesh-eating mice Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
INFRA-red footage showing a "superbreed" of giant flesh-eating house mice chewing into an albatross chick has been used as a stark warning of what awaits pest-infested Macquarie Island.
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Salmonella, the newest possible cure for cancer Posted: 3 weeks ago by hOOsker
"All mice with tumors who received saline solution were dead after 30 days, while those receiving salmonella and zaps of radiation were alive after 30 days"
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Novel Approach Strips Staph of Virulence Posted: 7 months ago by Blankspace73
An international team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has blocked staph infections in mice using a drug previously tested in clinical trials as a cholesterol-lowering agent.
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Nobel Medicine/Physiology Prize awarded for modified mice Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket
Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies were awarded £755,000 for their techniques involving manipulating mouse stem cell manipulation to simulate human diseases in mice.
Slightly more neutral angle of reportage here
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Swedish Landlord Makes Gruesome Find Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
A Swedish landlord inspecting a recently vacated cottage got an ugly surprise when she found dozens of dead or ailing snakes, mice, rats and lizards locked up in cages inside the house.
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China building new Great Wall Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
New wall is a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice. ``The wall is a symbolic gesture to quiet public concern,'' Wen said. ``It's not going to work in the long run.''
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