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By Oct 30, 2013
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Drug Reduces Gambling Behavior In Slot Machine-Loving Rats

Rats couldn't resist a slot machine that offered up sugar—until researchers gave them a dopamine blocker.
By Feb 27, 2013
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Mouse Brain Cells Can Live Years Longer Than The Mice They Came From

New research suggests the lifespan of our cells isn't genetically determined.
By Feb 13, 2013
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How Do You Depress A Rat? Harass It With A Robot

A new robotic rat helps create models of depression in lab rats.
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New Light-Powered Eye Implants Use Infrared Pulses to Restore Sight

A new generation of retinal implants could use light to provide power and data, potentially restoring vision in a less-invasive … Continued
By Dec 9, 2011
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Video: Rats Choose to Liberate Their Jailed Pals, A Sign of Empathy Among Non-Primate Mammals

Given a choice between eating chocolate alone and rescuing their pals, rats will apparently save their pals and then share … Continued
By Dec 21, 2010
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By Jun 4, 2010
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Nanowires Convert Rat’s Heartbeat Into Usable Electricity

Nanowires inside a rat can convert the power of breathing and heartbeats into electricity, according to researchers at the Georgia … Continued
By Mar 18, 2010
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Australian Study Finds Possible Treatment to Make Smoking Healthier for Lungs

But scientists warn that the treatment does nothing to prevent cancer risks, and that it's thus far limited to mice who smoke
By Aug 7, 2009
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Mutant Mice Are Bred to Order

Some are fat, others tiny. And one is just having a bad hair day
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Artificial Microlungs Grown on Chips

Microlungs grown from human lung tissue could replace animal testing. The chip...it's breathing