Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Life And Times Of Naked Mole-Rats

Biologists from the University of Illinois at Chicago believe the subterranean lifestyle of the blind, buck-toothed, finger-sized naked mole-rat may yield clues to keeping brain cells alive after heart attack or stroke
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

"charlie and spike are two kittens with myotonia congenita, otherwise known as 'fainting goat' syndrome. at the slightest sound, the kittens respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis which lasts about a minute before they return to normal. This condition has hardly ever before been diagnosed in a cat, is rarely found in dogs and is more common in goats. The kittens are able to walk, but they cannot run or jump. aside from this they are normal. sad to report that the black and white kitten (spike) died on 27th october from respiratory failure."




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Sunday, September 20, 2009