If a female house mouse mates with multiple male house mice, her litter could have multiple fathers. Polyandry, as this mating practice is called, is common for various species. Yet scientists are ...

An experimental drug originally identified in a National Cancer Institute library of chemical compounds as a potential therapy for brain and basal cell cancers improves the symptoms of mice with a ...

Human embryonic stem cells might help treat multiple sclerosis, according to a report released Thursday. In the study, researchers transformed stem cells taken from frozen human embryos into a type of ...

Many animals do something that still surprises researchers: females often mate with more than one male. This behaviour—polyandry—has long raised a blunt question. Why divide offspring among multiple ...

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a way to prevent the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice. Using a drug that blocks the production of a certain type of immune cell ...

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