Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Scientists have used stem cells taken from amniotic fluid to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, paving the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies.

Washington, February 12 (ANI): Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) affects male rodents differently than females, a new study has found.

Washington, February 6(ANI): Mice can recover from physically debilitating strokes that damage the primary motor cortex - the region of the brain that controls most movement in the body - if the rodents are quickly subjected to physical conditioning that rapidly "rewires" a different part of the brain to take over lost function.

London, February 3(ANI): A Pennsylvania rodent called Phil has predicted that an end to winter's bitter cold will come soon.

Washington, November 28 (ANI): Carnosic acid, a component of the herb rosemary, protects retinas from degeneration and toxicity in cell culture and in rodent models of light-induced retinal damage, Sanford-Burnham researchers have discovered.

London, Oct 16 (ANI): A new breed of Dangermouse could soon be coming to the rescue of front-line troops, as scientists are trying to produce a real-life rodent that can sniff out landmines - avoiding many a narrow squeak for disposal experts.

Washington, July 18 (ANI): An experimental drug reduces brain damage and improves motor skills among stroke-afflicted rodents when given with federally approved clot-busting therapy, according to a team led by a physician-scientist at the University of Southern California (USC).

London, May 25 (ANI): The Pied Piper of Hamelin could be wanted again as the German town has become infested with rats, with a growing legion of the rodents managing to knock out one of the town's fountains.

London, May 1 (ANI): Japanese researchers have claimed to have successfully grown hair on hairless mice, raising new hopes of a cure for baldness.

Liverpool (UK), May 1 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that mice and rats have evolved to gnaw with their front teeth and chew with their back teeth more successfully than rodents that 'specialise' in one or other of these biting mechanisms. Research has already shown that rats and mice can both chew and gnaw, whereas other rodents, such as squirrels, specialise in gnawing, and some, like guinea pigs, specialise in chewing.

Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): Mice and rats have evolved to gnaw with their front teeth and chew with their back teeth more effectively than rodents that 'specialise' in one or other of these biting mechanisms, according to a new study.

London, Mar 19 (ANI): Lady Gaga has said that her parents' posh apartment in New York is infested with rats and they leave her screaming whenever she encounters them.

London, March 19 (ANI): Using bone marrow transplant (BMT) to replace faulty immune system cells in mouse models of Rett Syndrome, arrested many severe symptoms of the childhood disorder, including abnormal breathing and movement, and significantly extended the rodents' lifespan.

London, March 15 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that rodent-like creatures called multituberculates, flourished during the last 20 million years of the dinosaurs' reign and survived their extinction 66 million years ago.

Hardoi, Feb 26 (ANI): The sealed electronic voting machines (EVMs) that hold the fate of numerous candidates in Uttar Pradesh where the polling has been completed, have to be guarded against a new threat-rodents and seepage.

Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Hormones produced by heart may trigger normal energy-storing white fat cells to turn into calorie-burning brown fat, researchers say.

Washington, Jan 21 (ANI): Beside factors like species, status and sex, variation in the amount of fat stored by animals can largely be understood by considering the strategies animals employ to evade two causes of death: starvation and being killed by predators, researchers say.

Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): A high-fat diet, followed for even a short time, injures the brain, a new study has found.

Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): Stem cell research conducted using pig cells could be a better way to decide the safety of future stem cell therapies than using mice in stem cell research.

London, Dec 9 (ANI): Rats, which are generally associated with double-crossing and cheating in love, are actually empathetic, just like human beings when it comes to helping fellow rodents, a new study has suggested.

Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) scientists have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools.

Liverpool (UK), Nov.8 (ANI): Research on the scent signals of mice and rats, by a team at the University of Liverpool and Rothamsted Research, will help inform future rodent-control strategies aimed at reducing the damage they cause to food resources around the world.

London, Oct 22 (ANI): The BBC newsroom at the Television Centre in London has been 'overrun' by mice as the cold weather is driving the rodents indoors.

Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A Tel Aviv University researcher has successfully implanted a robotic cerebellum into the skull of a rodent with brain damage, allowing it to function normally again.

London, Sept 25 (ANI): A 2,000-year-old skeleton of a Maya Queen has been discovered in a rodent-infested tomb in the Guatemalan ruins of Nakum.