A cat in New Zealand was suspected of eating rat poison. The owner rushed the cat to the vet’s office, but it was too late in the day to match and obtain cat’s blood. Dog’s blood was available at the time and was used to transfuse the cat and save its life. Cats do not […]
Pawtrack is a company based in the UK, which has designed the world’s first GPS tracker specifically designed for cats. Small and weighing just 50g, the collar will be launched in July 2011. The tracker takes positions every ten minutes, and then downloads these positions to a central server, or on demand. These positions can […]
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to become specialized cells such as skin, bones, muscles, etc. The two main sources of stems cells are embryos at the embryonic stage of development (blastocyst) and adult tissue. They can be found in bone marrow, blood vessels, muscles, skin, liver, the brain, nasal mucosa, fatty […]
