Rabbit
Rabbits, instrumental in developing the rabies vaccine, paved the way for pets in households. Their anatomical and physiological resemblance to humans aids research in cancer, glaucoma, infections, diabetes, and emphysema.
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Pig
Pigs serve as invaluable models for understanding heart function, disease, and treatment due to their anatomical and physiological similarities with humans. Their resemblance aids research in nutrition, drug absorption, renal function, wound healing, and diabetic studies.
First Mouse Model to Mimic Lung Disease Could Speed Discovery of More Effective Treatments
Penn Study Details Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Which Kills More Than 40,000 Each Year
Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs, resembling humans in bacterial infection symptoms and immune response, have aided research for over 200 years, advancing treatments for lung, ear, eye, artery, stomach, intestine diseases, including tuberculosis.
Marmoset
The common marmoset, due to its size and similarities with humans, is crucial in safety, reproductive biology, neuroscience, and drug development studies. In multiple sclerosis research, its immunological likeness aids therapy development.
Zebrafish
Zebrafish, sharing 70% of human genetics and having externally fertilized transparent embryos, serve as invaluable models for studying gene function and genetic diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aiding in drug development.
Chimpanzees are first animal shown to develop telltale markers of Alzheimer’s disease
Article Written by: Sara Reardon Analysis of chimp brains reveals protein plaques and tangles that signal brain disease in humans, but whether the animals can develop dementia is unclear. Aged chimpanzees develop brain characteristics that are similar — but not identical — to those seen in early Alzheimer's…
Study: Sleep Deprivation Speeds Up Alzheimer’s Disease
The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, suggests that a lack of adequate sleep can advance Alzheimer's while good sleep could help maintain brain health.
Next-generation ALS drug silences inherited form of the disease in animal models
NIH-funded preclinical study suggests drug may be ready for early stage clinical trials.
Malaria genetics: study shows how disease became deadly
The secrets of how malaria became a human-killer have been revealed by a genetic study.