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New treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ll. In a new study, researchers treated laboratory mice with endostatin for RA, and found the volume of new blood vessels, as well as inflammatory cells, was significantly decreased....

Enzyme stimulates growth of adult stem cells

...overed the significance of MMP9 when they examined mice that had been engineered to grow and develop without the enzyme. When the researchers treated the mice with chemotherapy that severely damaged bone marrow, 72% died, while all of the mice that still prod...

Gene therapy - Aim to improve blood flow

...alifornia in San Francisco, found a way to produce mice whose skin cells had high levels of activity of a gene called HIF-1. Researchers have managed to produce a genetically-altered mouse which has grown large numbers of new blood capillaries in its skin. This gene is known to send commands to several ...

Ginseng aids Diabetes

...inseng from the berry of the plant to determine if mice had a positive effect on diabetic symptoms. Mice t...ance daily for 10 days. They were then compared to mice that didn't receive the injections. Researchers found the mice that received the injections had sig...

Protection mechanism of fatty acids for Cancer

...s found to decrease the risk of these highly prone mice to that of normal animals. This new insight into how omega-3 fatty acids interfere with the mechanism of cancer could well lead to the development of effective protective strategies....

Quicker healing with active bandages

...active part in the healing process. Experiments in mice show that hydrogel bandages speed up healing.They look like thin clear plastic when dry, but expand six times and become pliable when wet.// Unlike regular bandages, which just keep moisture in and germs out, the hydrogel dressings actually penetrate...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

... far less able to transmit the malaria parasite to mice than normal mosquitoes. Two groups of mosquitoes t...ple, although the study results were positive when mice were used, it is not known whether SM1 will block transmission of the human malaria parasite. Also,...

Enzyme may aid hold back disease

...als, Professor Clarke and fellow researchers found mice lacking the MBD4 enzyme are up to three times more likely to have genetic mutations. Thus the study concludes that these findings suggest that human MBD4 plays an equally significant role in reducing inherited disease and cancer....

Effective therapy for Huntington's disease

... in the body can block the death of brain cells in mice who have Huntington's disease. There is no cure fo...closer to a treatment, according to experiments on mice with HD. The mice were treated with a bile acid known as tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), which ...

Gene block keeps mice from increasing weight

... at the University of Wisconsin have observed that mice lacking a specific gene can eat a high-fat diet wi...ds which would normally be laid down in fat. The mice were compared to a group of normal mice eating the same high fat diet. The control group became obes...

Diet combined to Alzheimer's disease

...e in some people. Previous research has shown that mice and rats on a restricted diet tend to live longer. //Researchers feel this is because of fewer destructive molecules formed during the breakdown of food and oxygen. These destructive molecules, known as free radicals also damage cells and may increas...

Jumping genes eliminate sections of DNA

...a connection is likely because it has been seen in mice cells and we now know it occurs in human tumor cells, he said. The jumping occurs primarily in sperm and egg cells and not in other cells of the body, he noted, which means any mutation effect they have is already present in our bodies at birth. The...

Protein can change worn muscle fibres

...re in those of exercise a lot. In the experiments, mice received PGC-10 and their type II fibres were converted to type I. The research isn't meant for a quick-fix to replace a commitment to exercise. But it could help those confined to bed to counteract muscle wasting, or those who are suffering from s...

Important cause of Arthritis

... from Brigham and Women's Hospital examined GAG in mice with arthritic symptoms. She says, "This study shows that rheumatoid arthritis may result from the body's mishandling of its own carbohydrates that, under normal circumstances, would not be interpreted as a threat." Wang found that inflammatory cel...

Useful Cancer drug stops tumour blood supply

... found that TM suppressed the growth of tumours in mice that had been implanted with cells from an aggress...rat artery cells and prevented tumour formation in mice specially bred to develop breast cancer. The findings suggest that anti-angiogenesis can be achieved...

New approach to anti-anxiety drugs

...hers have found that lack of a brain protein makes mice notably less anxious and may extend the findings t... for anti-anxiety drugs. They've been looking at mice genetically altered so they don't produce a natural brain protein called protein kinase C. These mic...

Ingredient in turmeric protects skin

...rs and burns that develop radiotherapy. A group of mice were given various doses of the compound and then exposed to a dose of radiation. Those given the higher doses had far fewer burns or blisters. They also developed new cells in the area of tumour, which might be expected to make the therapy more effe...

Stem cells aid to cure brain cancer

.... In this study, the stem cells were injected into mice with brain tumours. The animals survived far longer than mice not given the cells and, what is more, they also showed long-term immunity to brain cancer, indicati...

Decrease in calories slows aging of the heart

...niversity of Wisconsin made a study on middle-aged mice which shows that a low-cal diet keeps the heart yo...the heart. What's more, these changes were seen in mice who were middle-aged ....

A new male contraceptive

...heir theory in an animal study involving mice. The mice were given doses of the drug that were 10-times lo... is not a hormonal treatment, the sex drive of the mice was not impacted by the treatment. Few unwanted side effects were noted. Because the dose needed to ...

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