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What was once a saving grace to halt the scourge of smallpox 2 centuries ago, has now struck again, this time, with cancer. CF33, or Chimeric Orthopoxvirus. US Cancer wunderkind Professor Yuman Fong made the initial discovery, while the Australian company Imugene licensed the innovation and are pushing for human trials starting next year.

A solid way to root out the rodent problem that clearly had infested the management team. This barista filmed mice in the cafe she used to work at, and managed to get the store shut down by the Department of Health. 

Apparently, there is one way to prevent mice from backing down in the face of a dangerous cat. According to new research presented at this year's Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Prague, if a baby mouse is exposed to the L-Felinine compound found in cat urine, they are less likely to run from cats when they're older. 

We scoured the internet to bring you the cutest animal pictures and gifs of the week! Bringing you cuteness every week - stay tuned for next week's dose! If you missed last week's dose, and you need a cuteness overload, check out last week's here! 

This guys sister is a bit squeamish when it comes to dead animals (as we can personally agree with), especially mice. Read the silly interaction below! 

Italian Photographer, Rachele Totaro, made a unique session of photos - she captured the facial expressions of test animals the first time ever outside a cage, open air. Those Ex lab rats were saved by La Collina dei Conigli, an Italian charity based near Milan. Pricelss! 

If you happen to be walking through the Swedish city of Malmö, make sure to pay attention to the little details. If you take a look down you may notice something amazing inside a basement window in the neighborhood of Möllevången. Tiny businesses — a bakery and a "cheese and cracker" shop — just the right size for mice. The 70×30 cm (about 25×12 inch) store has wide menus that mice can choose their meals from. One of them is selling nuts and the other offers cheese. In addition to shop and restaurant, they have also built "The Jerry Can" gas station and a cool playground.  Besides the well-crafted interiors, there are posters about upcoming mice concerts and other events. The amount of detail that went into creating this street art installation is huge! The artists behind this fairytale world are Anonymouse who are still unknown but you can check their Instagram account for more information.

Kudos to Anonymouse for this cute idea!