The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/mice/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png mice | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/mice/ 32 32 Night light disrupts antibody production rhythms, may raise risk of death, Israeli study finds https://www.timesofisrael.com/night-light-disrupts-antibody-production-rhythms-may-raise-risk-of-death-israeli-study-finds/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:57:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3810758 Tel Aviv University research on mice, with implications for humans, finds artificial lighting from sources as common as streetlights disrupts mammalian immune system's natural sense of time

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]]> In breakthrough that may aid blind, Israeli scientists find mice use whiskers to ‘hear’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-breakthrough-that-may-aid-blind-israeli-scientists-find-mice-use-whiskers-to-hear/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:29:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3557310 Weizmann Institute researchers use AI models to show the act of 'whisking' allows mice to generate sounds that, encoded in their brain's auditory cortex, aid them in navigation

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]]> Israeli lab raises hyperactive mutant mice for developing ADHD medications https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-lab-raising-hyperactive-mutant-mice-for-developing-adhd-medications/ Fri, 03 Dec 2021 06:49:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2660221 Peer-reviewed research invites scholars worldwide to breed mice with a single ADHD mutation discovered in Bedouin family, as they give 'unprecedented insight' into brain function

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]]> Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 18 – The future is now: An Israeli artificial womb https://www.timesofisrael.com/podcast-daily-briefing-mar-18-the-future-is-now-an-israeli-artificial-womb/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:53:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2508637&preview=true&preview_id=2508637 Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

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]]> In breakthrough, Israelis grow hundreds of mouse embryos in artificial wombs https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-major-breakthrough-artificial-israeli-womb-turns-250-cells-into-mouse-fetus/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:02:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2508125 Scientists say groundbreaking method could lead to human gestation outside the womb; new insight into organ formation could spur other advances; fetuses have fully formed organs

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