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Frogs Shedding Light on Developmental Issues in Humans

Frogs Shedding Light on Developmental Issues in Humans

Feb 16, 2015 | animal research, animals helping humans, Conditions, Medical Research

Using new gene mutation technology, researchers in Cincinnati are using frogs as models for developmental timing, giving better understanding the process is humans. Thyroid hormones peak in humans at the time of birth, it is the same in frogs at the time of metamorphosis. Since we are both vertebrates development can be easily studied in […]

10 weird animals you didn’t know you couldn’t live without

10 weird animals you didn’t know you couldn’t live without

Jul 29, 2014 | animal research, animals helping humans

Mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs, monkeys – and of course guinea pigs. These are the animals you typically think of when you think of medical miracles. Did you know, though, that so many other animals have given us some pretty amazing medical breakthroughs? Here’s just a few of them. In research circles, they’re often called […]

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