Laptop computer users who dislike touch-pad or TrackPoint cursor control systems have long been able to purchase miniature mice to run alongside their computers.
We validate specific binding activity of a fluorescence-labeled peptide to colorectal dysplasia in living mice using a miniature, flexible, fiber microendoscope that passes through the instrument channel of an endoscope.
Isoflurane was delivered to the mice via a miniature face mask in a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide (flow of each 0.6 l min−1) at 3.0 and 1.8% concentrations, respectively, for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia.
A mouse gym holds a miniature exercise machine that tests the rodents' ability to balance on a rotating bar.
BOSTON — Here at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a black mouse lies on a miniature exam table, his tail dangling off the end.
"It can be very, very tricky," said Mr. Meng, one of 28 linguists employed by the New York City Department of Education, as he stood in an office strewn with dictionaries, Korean newspapers and a mouse pad resembling a miniature Persian rug.
Called Xenomouse and described in this month's issue of Nature Genetics, the mouse could become a miniature factory easily retooled to produce antibody arsenals that target different microbial invaders.
Optical mice replace the ball underneath a standard mouse with a chip, a miniature red light and a camera.
In vivo tumor pH measurements were performed individually on a total of nine anesthetized T47D tumor-bearing mice by inserting a miniature pH electrode (IC 501; Samuel Agulian, Hamden, CT, USA) 2 to 4 mm into the tumor through a small skin incision.
One of the mice wore a punk getup, one resembled a miniature Pope, and a third, as Hamlet, held the skull of another mouse.
