Advances in medicine now enable more rare diseases ... In other words, “When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras!” This powerful mental shortcut appeals to our usual thinking ...

Scientists found that horses bypass a genetic 'stop sign' that other species have during intense exercise, allowing them to ...

think of horses, not zebras – meaning, think of the common conditions, not the rare disorders. That mentality has contributed to the lengthy diagnostic odyssey that rare disease patients go ...

When you hear hoofbeats, do you think zebras or horses? Mary Beth Mulcahy of ACS Chemical Health & Safety and Sandia National Laboratories has spent her career looking at the chemical safety ...

A genetic mutation in horses that would typically halt protein ... metabolism and energy production in horses, donkeys, and zebras. The findings, published in Science, provide insight into the ...

Unexpectedly, they homed in on a specific equine alteration that helps explain how horses (along with zebras and donkeys) achieve their propulsive power. “We found this entire phenomenon in ...