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(University of Georgia) Pig stem cell research conducted by two animal scientists at the University of Georgia reveals a better way to determine the safety of future stem cell therapies than rodent-based models.

(MedPage Today) -- The UN claimed that the rinderpest cattle virus had been eliminated worldwide, joining smallpox as the only diseases to have been entirely eradicated.

Also in this week's Lab Notes, novel approaches to flu and snakebite showed promise in rodent studies.

(University of Utah) The risk of deadly hantavirus outbreaks in people can be predicted months ahead of time by using satellite images to monitor surges in vegetation that boost mouse populations, a University of Utah study says.

The method also might forecast outbreaks of other rodent-borne illnesses worldwide.

(Resveratrol Partners LLC, dba LONGEVINEX) Unlike red wine and the red wine molecule resveratrol, researchers report a resveratrol-based nutriceutical matrix (Longevinex) unexpectedly exhibits an L-shaped risk curve at all tested doses, a first in resveratrol biology.

Longevinex minimized damage to excised rodent hearts following an intentionally-induced heart attack without inducing toxicity.

(University of Kentucky) The tumor-suppressor protein Par-4 is secreted by human and rodent cells and activates a novel extrinsic pathway involving cell surface GRP78 receptor for induction of apoptosis, researchers at the University of Kentucky led by Vivek Rangnekar announced in Cell.