A tiny mouse has become a viral TikTok sensation after being discovered on the floor of a grocery store and adopted by a kind ...

In the impressive new video, a mature mouse egg cell is explosively expelled from its fluid-filled sac — known as a follicle — into a lab dish. The team observed follicles that had been isolated from ...

A mouse gives birth to identical-twin sisters. One has brown fur and will grow up to be lean and healthy; the other has yellow fur and is destined to be obese and prone to disease. How can two ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

Each year, around 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born before 37 weeks of gestation, resulting in more than 1 million deaths due to complications resulting from preterm birth. The steroid hormone ...

Now a new study in mice shows these tiny bits of plastic can be passed from a mother into their unborn offspring, where they persist beyond birth. Previous studies have shown that micro and ...

A recent breakthrough in genetic research has introduced a tool capable of delivering genetic material to developing fetal ...

Birth defects that affect musculoskeletal tissues can be caused ... Currently, this testing is done on live animals, usually rodents such as mice. The UC Riverside project, led by zur Nieden, will ...