News tagged with transgenic mice

Important development in the treatment of multiple sclerosis reported

A major step forward, with important implications for understanding how to reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis, has been made by scientists at the University of Bristol. The results are published online ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease

New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into limb formation

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and the University of Connecticut Health Center (U.C.H.C.) have gained new understanding of the role hyaluronic acid (HA) plays in skeletal growth, chondrocyte ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Epilepsy halted in mice

Scientists at Leeds have prevented epilepsy caused by a gene defect from being passed on to mice offspring - an achievement which may herald new therapies for people suffering from the condition.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Heart saves muscle

A heart muscle protein can replace its missing skeletal muscle counterpart to give mice with myopathy a long and active life, show Nowak et al. The findings will be published online on Monday, May 25, 2009 ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel antibody prevents infection by hepatitis C virus

Taking aim at a leading cause of liver failure in the United States, a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has developed a human monoclonal ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers Discover Drug can Prevent Colon Cancer Development in Mice

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that a drug now being tested to treat a range of human cancers significantly inhibited colon cancer development in mice. Because the agent appears to have minimal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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