Rat Meat Sold as Lamb in China Highlights Fears
HONG KONG — Even for China’s scandal-numbed diners, news that the lamb simmering in the pot may actually be rat took the country’s endless outrages about food hazards into a new realm of ... Read more
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Rat Kidneys Made in Lab Seen as Step to Human Transplants
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have made functioning rat kidneys in the laboratory, a bioengineering achievement that may one day lead to the ability to create replacement organs for ... Read more
Complaints of Rat Outbreaks Prompt Call for Eradication Program
New York City officials are calling for a publicly financed program to bait, kill and remove rats in the wake of reports that Hurricane Sandy sent droves of the rodents scurrying inland, with many of them ... Read more