News tagged with transgenic mice
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
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Researchers demonstrate green tea is effective in treating genetic disorder and types of tumors
A compound found in green tea shows great promise for the development of drugs to treat two types of tumors and a deadly congenital disease. The discovery is the result of research led by Principal Investigator, ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Sense of smell holds the key to diagnosis and treatment in early stage Parkinson's disease
A fast, simple and non invasive test of the ability to smell may be an important tool to screen people who are likely to develop Parkinson's disease (PD), in which motor symptoms only become evident at a later stage of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 11, 2010 |
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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
May 05, 2009 |
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Novel mouse gene reduces major pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease
A new study reveals that a previously undiscovered mouse gene reduces the two major pathological perturbations commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the November 12 issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Scientists discover new protein that gets to the roots of obesity and osteoporosis
Here's good news for anyone trying to lose weight or has osteoporosis: Scientists from Maine are on the trail of a weight loss drug that may revolutionize how we treat these two conditions. In a new research report published ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 31, 2010 |
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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
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Researchers embark on work to control the prion epidemic affecting deer in the USA
Spanish researchers at the Centre for Cooperative Research in Bioscience, CIC bioGUNE, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky (USA), have discovered a new way to control the stability of certain types of prions ...
May 19, 2010 |
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Research offers clue to halt Huntington's disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surprising findings from a study into the brains of transgenic mice carrying the Huntington's disease mutation could pave the way for treatments which delay the onset and progression of this devastating genetic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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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 ...
May 25, 2009 |
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor reduces damage in Alzheimer's brain
The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) has received a lot of attention because of its connection with coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, but now it appears as if it may have a beneficial influence in degenerative ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Progress being made in stem-cell therapy, scientist says
For the past two decades, scientists have been trying to fulfill the promise that stem-cell therapy holds for treating diseases such Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and many others. Their ultimate goal is to be able ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Gladstone scientists identify process by which Alzheimer's disease creeps through the brain
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have offered new information about the events that underlie the "spread" of Alzheimer's disease (AD) throughout the brain. The research, published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2010 |
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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
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Researchers create first transgenic prairie voles
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The future ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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