Humans have really big brains compared to a lot of animals. It’s sort of our thing. Scientists have presented various hypotheses about how humans developed these big brains — including one about our ...

Scientists have engineered ferrets genetically to study abnormally small brain size in humans -- and, in the process, discovered hints as to how our brains evolved. A genetically engineered ferret ...

Physical gel models and numerical simulations have been created to study ferret brain gyrification and cortical malformations, while comparisons with human phenotypes aim to link genetics and brain ...

Animal models with complex cortical development are useful for improving our understanding of the wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental challenges facing human preterm infants. MRI techniques can define ...

Ferrets are a particularly good model for many human lung diseases, not the least of which is influenza, which infects the animals and spreads among them much like it does in people. Now scientists ...

Researchers from the U.S. and abroad used a contact ferret model to evaluate transmissibility of influenza viruses in humans and found that some strains currently circulating throughout the world may ...

The history of science is marked by the milestone of brilliant breakthroughs and disappointing setbacks. However, moments of oddness were also a part of the journey, for all the good reasons and the ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Photos and b-roll are available ...

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A genetically engineered ferret could help reveal how humans got their big brains. By inactivating a gene linked to abnormally small brain size in humans, researchers have created the first ferret ...