The importance of using primary cells, rather than cancer cell lines, for biological studies is becoming widely recognized. Primary cells are preferred in studies of cell cycle control, apoptosis, and DNA repair, as cancer cells carry mutations in genes involved in these processes. Primary cells cannot be cultured indefinitely due to the onset of replicative senescence or aneuploidization. Henc...

At the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES, University of Oslo), a group biologists has been working decades to disentangle complex mechanisms plague epizootics epidemics in places where extant wild rodent reservoirs are present. These questions have approached through ecological climatic studies, mathematic modeling, as well genomics epidemiology. In 2013-2018, hosted ERC-pr...

Ecosystem stability has been of increasing interest in the past several decades as it helps predict consequences anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystems. A wild rodent community under reclamation and different grazing Alxa Desert was investigated using live trapping from 2006 to 2011. We studied composition, diversity, variability life history strategies. These results showed that reduced by t...

b a ckground: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is endemic in many parts of iran. recently its incidence isconsiderable in different parts of jahrom district, in fars province, southern iran. the aims of our study were to in- vestigate the prevalence of leishmania infection, and identify and characterize the   leishmania species present, among the rodents by molecular methods in a new ende...

Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents. Human cases of murine typhus in the state of Yucatán are frequent. However, there is no evidence of the presence of Rickettsia typhi in mammals or vectors in Yucatán. The presence of Rickettsia in rodents and their e...

A total of 719 wild rats were captured from four localities representing the west (Kuala Lumpur), east (Kuantan), north (Georgetown) and south (Malacca) to determine the diversity of blood protozoan from the urban wild rat population in peninsular Malaysia. Five rat species were recovered with Rattus rattus diardii being the most dominant species, followed by Rattus norvegicus, Rattus exulans, ...

Model describing the biokinetics of strontium for murine rodent is suggested. The model represents modification of the ICRP model for reference human with reduced number of compartments: Blood, Gastrointestinal tract, Soft tissues, Skeleton, Urinary bladder. To estimate transfer rates of the model the published experimental data on strontium retention in body of laboratory and wild mice were an...

A total of 719 wild rats were captured from four localities representing the west (Kuala Lumpur), east (Kuantan), north (Georgetown) and south (Malacca) to determine the diversity of blood protozoan from the urban wild rat population in peninsular Malaysia. Five rat species were recovered with Rattus rattus diardii being the most dominant species, followed by Rattus norvegicus, Rattus exulans, ...

First posted June 8, 2023 For additional information, contact: Director, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center777 NW 9th Street Suite 400Corvallis, OR 97330 Captive breeding release programs have been instrumental in preventing the extinction of some wildlife species, but these less successful for other species. Evaluating initial guidelines procedures to start a captive program particu...