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Lab mice may give 'first aid' to unconscious mates
Now, he and his colleagues show that unconscious mice elicit a suite of behaviors from cage mates that seem to speed recovery ...
New Scientist on MSN2d
Mice seen giving 'first aid' to unconscious companions
Young mice seemingly attempt to revive an anaesthetised cage mate by grooming and biting it and will even pull aside the ...
ZME Science on MSN3d
Mice With a Human Gene Started Squeaking Differently. Could This Tiny Genetic Mutation Explain the Origin of Speech?
In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...
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Mouse-to-mouse resuscitation: Study suggests mice also give first aid
New research now shows that mice also do this - at least to fellow mice that they know, sometimes even offering an effective form of first aid. For some time now, there have been reports that some ...
Greek Reporter2d
Scientists Insert Human Language Gene Into Mice, Changing Their Voice
Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...
New Hampshire Public Radio4d
How a uniquely human genetic tweak changed the voices of mice
A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...
Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language
Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...
WWNO4d
Human gene variant alters the voices of mice
A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...
The New York Times4d
The Gene That Made Mice Squeak Strangely
All were probably crucial to the evolution of our species. That NOVA1 made the list ... Dr. Darnell and his colleagues have engineered mice that carry the human version of NOVA1, instead of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation4d
Canberra breeding facility helping to bring smoky mice back from the brink
"Without it, species have fewer options to adapt to challenges ... with the program successfully producing multiple litters and releasing mice into protected areas free from feral cats and foxes.
Nature4d
A human gene makes mice squeak differently — did it contribute to language?
Mice carrying a gene variant present in nearly ... but researchers increasingly think there were few differences in the species’ cognitive abilities. Neanderthals living in what is now Germany ...