Hamsters are known to live short lives, but what happens as they get older? Read here to learn more about aging hamsters.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Wuhan, China, that ...

Multiplying viruses disrupting lung tissue do not directly cause severe outcomes of COVID-19 disease, instead inflammatory immune processes affecting the endothelial lining of the airways are ...

Animal care technicians at Georgia State University observed a series of peracute deaths in a colony of 210 Syrian hamsters. Thirty-five animals residing in three animal rooms (two rooms in one animal ...

Syrian hamster is a practical animal model for studying the systemic effects of oncolytic vectors derived from adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5). Ad5 replicates well in Syrian hamster tissues, and Syrian ...

Failing to provide hamsters with a method to wear down their teeth can lead to detrimental behaviour such as bar chewing, and health issues, for example, overgrown teeth and tooth loss. However, ...

Repeated injections in rats and mice are typically done via the tail vein. For hamsters, the tail is not an option. In this paper we explore the development and refinement of IV dosing in the Syrian ...

Four cages containing 14 Syrian hamsters were left on the streets in awful weather, most probably because the owners no longer wanted to look after such a large number of animals. The RSPCA has ...

Five adorable Syrian hamsters are on the hunt for their forever homes after being born in an animal rehoming centre in Ayrshire. The teeny rodents — who are a mix of white and brown colouring — were ...

AN ANIMAL lover was left feeling outraged after she saw two hamsters living inside a doll's house advertised on Facebook. Jo Goodyear knew she had to rescue the pair of Syrian hamsters after seeing ...

In an animal model for COVID-19 that shares important features of human disease, scientists show that prior infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus provides protection against reinfection, and treatment ...