Hibernating Mammals Offer Clues to Controlling Obesity in Humans

Hibernation is one of nature’s strangest quirks,  inducing bears and other mammals to pack on massive weight—amounts that would be unhealthy for humans—so they can survive months of slumber. Yet […]

Animal Research Helps Animals, Too

Many first-time pet owners quickly learn how many diseases and conditions affect our four legged friends just as they do people. Dogs get urinary tract infections and cancer. Cats develop […]

A Tropical Fish is Helping Us Learn About Human Disease

Finding Alternatives to Opioids

Opioids and opiates are the most effective painkillers available to contemporary medicine. In the late 1990s, physicians began prescribing the newly available OxyContin, a semi-synthetic long-lasting opioid, to treat chronic […]

Finding Solutions for the Loneliest Diagnosis: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

When 6-year-old Harper Clyde looked through the microscope, she immediately burst into tears. She knew she was looking at a tiny replica of the injury that caused her brother Tyler to […]

Understanding the Limitations of Antidepressants

Three common antidepressants ­– Paxil® (paroxetine), Lexapro® (escitalopram), and Prozac® (fluoxetine) – could be less effective at high elevations, suggests research involving lab rats and led by scientists at University […]

Pigeon Research Hatches a Way to Eradicate Head Lice

University of Utah professor Dale Clayton, PhD, turned a vexing problem into a solution that is helping people worldwide combat an unwanted pest: head lice. As a biologist who investigates […]