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A Special Spooky Season Report: What Mice Studies Can Teach Us About Fear

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:13+00:00 As Halloween approaches, fear takes center stage in haunted houses, scary movies, and spooky stories. But fear isn’t just a seasonal thrill—it's a deeply ingrained response that scientists have been studying for decades. Mice and rats have become key subjects in fear research, helping us...

Using Research with Mice to Prolong Human Life

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:13+00:00 A significant percentage of preclinical research is devoted to finding treatments or cures, but several recent studies with mice have gone beyond finding a cure for a specific disease or condition, venturing into the realm of enabling humans to age better and live longer. While numerous...

The Potential Healing Properties of Foods

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 In the quest for better health and wellness, the foods we consume play a pivotal role. While the benefits of a balanced diet are widely recognized, recent advancements in animal research are uncovering intriguing insights into how certain foods may offer more than just basic...

Mice in Space: Rodent Research on the International Space Station

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 Scientists are taking animal research to new heights—literally. Since 2014, researchers have been conducting various experiments with rodents in outer space aboard the International Space Station. Living organisms experience various changes in the environment of space, including to the bones, muscles, heart, and circulatory and immune...

What Research with Animals Can Tell Us About the Senses of Sight, Hearing, and Smell

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 Animal studies provide invaluable insights into the senses of sight, hearing, and smell. By examining these senses in animals, researchers have made numerous important discoveries about the underlying mechanisms of sensory perception and what they reveal about human sensory experiences. Sight Optical Illusions Results from experiments on mice...

Animal Research Yields New Discoveries in Immunity and Autoimmune Diseases

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 Immunity is a complex area of research with wide-ranging applications in human health. From the discovery of the potentially immune-boosting properties of a common vitamin to the identification of a new connection between gender and immunity, the field of animal research has generated scientific discoveries...

Research with Animals Sheds New Light on Issues Surrounding Fertility

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 Spring has arrived, and with it several new discoveries related to fertility and birth. Exploring the complexities of fertility and reproductive health has long been a focal point of scientific study, with researchers utilizing animal models to gain insights into the intricate mechanisms underlying fertility-related...

Animal Research Leads to New Discoveries Related to Liver Function

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 Animal research has long been a cornerstone of scientific exploration, providing invaluable insights into the intricate workings of various biological systems, including the complex roles the liver plays in metabolism, detoxification, and immune function. New studies have made some important discoveries related to liver function...

Animal Research Leads to New Advances in Alzheimer’s

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:14+00:00 As of 2023, an estimated 6.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Without a significant scientific breakthrough to cure or prevent the disease, that number is projected to double by 2050. Scientists all over the world are striving to achieve such breakthroughs, with animal...

New Animal Studies Lead to Discoveries in Regeneration

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:15+00:00 Can we artificially regenerate things we’ve lost, like hearing, bone, brain function, or even memories? Several new studies have revealed different repair and regeneration mechanisms in mice, sparking hope that these findings might pave the way for humans to recover things they’ve lost. A Malaria Drug...