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A Possible Cure for the Baby Blues?

A mechanism in the brains of mice -- specifically, the lack of a protein that is key in adapting to sex hormone fluctuations -- might explain why some human mothers experience depression after giving birth, and the discovery could lead to better treatments for postpartum depression.

Toward a Cure?

A cancer-killing treatment that works astoundingly well in mice is being readied for human trials.

Breathing Is Skin Deep

Skin, at least in mice, responds to the oxygen around it, a finding that may have implications for endurance athletes.

Scamper Forward for the Rodent's Tale

Welcome to Miller-McCune’s new blog, Today In Mice, a round-up of research news from the fields of behavioral science, psychology, and neuroscience, with a healthy dose of genetics and the cognitive sciences thrown in.