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Rats infected as newborns grew up vulnerable to memory problems during an immune challenge

Underscoring the value of good prenatal care, new research suggests that early infection may create a cognitive vulnerability that appears later during stress on the immune system. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have reported that rats who experienced a one-time infection as newborns didn't learn as well as adult rats who were not infected as pups, after their immunity was c...

Gene Therapy Cures Inherited Liver Disease In Rats

A single dose of gene-virus combination cured rats of a inherited liver disease in which lack of a gene causes the accumulation of bilirubin –which, untreated, results in jaundice and brain damage, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. "This is the first time this disease (Crigler-Najjar syndrome) has been complete...

Gene therapy cures inherited liver disease in rats

A single dose of gene-virus combination cured rats of a inherited liver disease in which lack of a gene causes the accumulation of bilirubin –which, untreated, results in jaundice and brain damage, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. "This is the first time this disease (Crigler-Najjar syndrome) has been complet...

Combination therapy leads to partial recovery from spinal cord injury in rats

Combining partially differentiated stem cells with gene therapy can promote the growth of new "insulation" around nerve fibers in the damaged spinal cords of rats, a new study shows. The treatment, which mimics the activity of two nerve growth factors, also improves the animals' motor function and electrical conduction from the brain to the leg muscles. The finding may eventually lead to new ways...

Oh, rats! Designer animals reveal possible heart disease genes

Every year, heart disease claims an estimated 7 million lives, according to the World Health Organization. Scientists have struggled to pinpoint the precise genes behind this complex disease. Now, however, they have a new research ally: the designer rat. , researchers at The Institute for...

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Rotarod Treadmill one unit for mice and rats from IITC Life Science

Description:The IITC Life Science Rotarods are used to assess the effect of drugs on the motor coordination or fatigue resistance on mice and rats using one unit in a safe and humane way. Extremely user friendly; the animals are placed on textured drums to avoid slipping. When an animal drops onto the individual sensing platforms below, its test results are recorded. • IITCs Rotarod test has the capabil...
Company:IITC Life Science

Dacron mesh button tether single channel infusion of rats, sterile from Instech Solomon

Description:These disposable button tethers are designed for rat infusion studies lasting more than 2 weeks. After one to two weeks the subcutaneous tissue will grow into the Dacron mesh, making the sutures irrelevant....
Company:Instech Solomon

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Reliable Assessment of Micronuclei for Genotoxicity Testing in Mice or Rats

Reliable Assessment of Micronuclei for Genotoxicity Testing in Mice orRats Precise and cost-effective micronucleus analysis made easy with theicroFlow Micronucleus Analysis Kit Litron Laboratories, Rochester, NY Mark J. Dycaico<br...

Senate Democrats strip additional Act 255 funding from budget

The caucus voted to delete provisions that would increase the maximum annual amount of...

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Designer Rats Reveal Possible Heart Disease Genes

Heart disease claims about 7 million lives every year, according to the WHO. Scientists have been trying to identify the precise genes that are behind this complex disease. Now they have a new research ally: the designer rat. // In a study published in the January 15 advance online publication of Nature Genetics, researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the Medical Co...

Rats dream about running mazes...

Rats can dream! And guess what they dream about? Their own rat races! Read on to know more!!!!!!!!!! A study conducted by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, proves that rats are capable of dreaming about rat races and that they might in the long run help scientists understand how the human mind works. Most pet owners know that their pet...

Recent Study On Rats May Lead To Future Robotics

The findings of a recent study done on rats has shed light on how brain controls movement say researchers. By activating a single brain cell in a rat can make its whiskers twitch, a discovery researchers say //could help decipher how the brain controls movement. Eventually this could help scientists develop devices paralyzed people could control, such as robotic arms. Initially research...

Better Research Rats To Help In Learning About Hypertension

Scientists have bred a new kind of rat that will help them to study the effects of lower levels of estrogen in postmenopausal women that can lead to hypertension and heart failure. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine // have created a better research rat by changing a single gene that is involved in hypertension. These rats will allow them to study salt-sensitivity...

Bone Strength Increases In Rats With Citrus Juice Breakfast – Study Say

2 Texas A&M University's Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center researchers revealed when Orange and grapefruit juice were given to lab rats, it improves bone strength and prevents osteoporosis//. Osteoporosis affects about 2 million men and 8 million women in the United States, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Nationally, about 1.5 million hips, vertebras and wrists b...

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Alio-Prats Irrigating "Stinger"

Description:This 19 gauge universal irrigating chopper is designed for efficient division of hard and soft nuclei. It features a bullet-shaped head for easy insertion through a micro incision and a short, "stinger" tip for dividing and chopping the nucleus. In addition, the tip is ideal for retrieving fragments from underneath the iris which can be located peripherally inside the capsular bag. The large i...
Company:Katena Products, Inc.

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Stanford Researchers Find Brain Pathway of Depression in Rats

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2007 - Scientists' huntfor the cause of depression has implicated so many suspects andfound so many treatments with different mechanisms that thecondition remains an enigma. Now researchers at the StanfordUniversity School of Medicine have identified one unifyingprinciple that could explain how a range of causes and treatmentsfor depression converge...

Research Documents Scalable Production, Survival Following Engraftment and Positive Impact on Cardiac Function in Infarcted Rats for Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Heart Failure

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2007 - GeronCorporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today reported that research documentingthe scalable production, survival following engraftment andpositive impact on cardiac function in infarcted rats was presentedtoday for GRNCM1, the company's human embryonic stem cell(hESC)-based therapeutic for heart failure, at the InternationalSociety for Stem Cell...

Advanced Cell Technology's Ability to Rescue Vision in Blind Rats Noted in Scientific American

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 5, 2007 - Advanced CellTechnology, Inc.'s (OTCBB: ACTC) ability to rescue vision in blindrats was noted in Scientific American's March 2007 issue as thelead story of its News Scan section. The full text of the article,which notes Advanced Cell's ability to "coax embryonic stem cellsto turn into transplantable retinal pigment epithelial (RPE)tissue," is...