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Animal research
10 - 13 - 2016
How does the naked mole rat escape pain ?
Inflammation occurs when we get hurt, the skin becomes hypersensitive and locally hyperalgic. The naked mole rat that lives in underground...
10 - 11 - 2016
The physics of vertebrate embryos development
Embryos of all vertebrate tetrapods (reptiles, birds and mammals) develop in the same way. The individuals resemble at first a sphere then...
10 - 07 - 2016
Canine and human hyperactivity
The University of Helsinki runs a research program on the behaviour of dogs, its hereditary and environmental factors, the metabolic-related...
10 - 06 - 2016
The tarsiers are small carnivorous (insects, lizards, rodents) primates whose eyes are twice as big as their brain and their head can rotate 180...
10 - 04 - 2016
The secret of the fish’s retina
Muller glial cells are the structure and support cells of the retina. In fish, these cells have the ability to recreate nerve cells, which is not...
09 - 27 - 2016
A six-minute film on animal research
In collaboration with the CNRS and the INSERM, GIRCOR has produced a six-minute film in which researchers explain how and why animal...
09 - 19 - 2016
Video – Animal models of Alzheimer’s disease at the CNRS
Luc Buée, head of research at the CNRS, Morvane Colin, lecturer, and Sabiha Eddarkoui, design engineer,...
09 - 13 - 2016
Danger of the Zika virus for foetuses reassessed
For the first time, the attack of the Zika virus on a foetal brain following the infection...
08 - 30 - 2016
Saliva : when genetic repetitions confer an evolutionary advantage
All primates are not equal when it comes to saliva. ...