Turmeric extract suppresses fat tissue growth in rodent models
BOSTON (May 18, 2009) Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice and cell models. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) studied mice fed...Improved rodent trials can speed cancer drug development
Better design of rodent trials could reduce the cost and time required for cancer drug development, according to a commentary in the October 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . Cancer drug development is a multistep process that involves in vitro tests, animal stu...New Report Finds U.S. Cities More Vulnerable Than Ever to Rodent Infestation
Experts Warn Homeowners to Take Matters into Their Own Hands This Fall PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Wacky weather, aging cities, and urban sprawl have rats on the move across the country. For the first time, the nation's foremost rodent experts Dale Kaukeinen and Dr. Bruce Colvin,...Developing gene therapy to fight blindness
...e in a viral vector a carrier commonly used to deliver genetic material to treat these cells in order to restore function of photoreceptors. Using a rodent model of RP with a similar MERTK mutation, the researchers have demonstrated in proof-of-concept studies that viral vector delivery of MERTK corrects ...Financing Available for Healthcare Equipment from DRE Medical Equipment
...ensive selection of veterinary-specific equipment, including anesthesia machines for use with animals of every size—from the DRE Compact Mini, a rodent anesthesia machine, to the DRE Titan, a large animal anesthesia system. “The DRE Titan is extremely effective, easy to use and maintain, an...Human cells secrete cancer-killing protein, UK study finds
... the tumor-suppressor protein Par-4, initially thought to be active only within cells expressing the Par-4 gene, is in fact secreted by most human and rodent cells and can target large numbers of cancer cells by binding to receptors on the cell surface. This discovery, published today in the leading jou...Elsevier launches official version of BrainNavigator
...cal Research Institute, Sydney. After unveiling the prototype version at the Society for Neuroscience's Neuroscience 2008 tradeshow last November, the rodent brain version is now available at www.brainnav.com . BrainNavigator is an online, interactive, 3D software tool that maps brain images and anatom...Arete Therapeutics Presents Positive Clinical and Preclinical Data for AR9281
...od and the activity of its target, sEH, in both mice and humans. The data further demonstrate that AR9281 improves glucose metabolism in rodent models of type 2 diabetes. -- "A Novel Inhibitor of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase, AR9281, Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Diet-Induced Obese ...Astrocytes Help Separate Man From Mouse
... "There aren't many differences known between the rodent brain and the human brain, but we are finding stri...ction astrocyte, in the human brain but not in the rodent brain. The team also found that the most abundant ...tes, are approximately 2.6 times larger than their rodent counterparts, and that the human cells have about ...Pixantrone Shows Activity in a Preclinical Study of Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis (EAMG)
...ell Therapeutics Inc.'s European branch, and one of the investigators in the preclinical study on EAMG. About the Preclinical Study In an in vitro rodent model, pixantrone demonstrated a dose-dependent inhibition of T cell responses up to complete suppression of the proliferation in EAMG. EAMG was induc...Wild vs. lab rodent comparison supports hygiene hypothesis
In a study comparing wild rodents with their laboratory counterparts, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found evidence that may help to explain why people in industrialized societies that greatly stress hygiene have higher rates of allergy and autoimmune diseases than do people in ...Experimental treatment halts hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns
... Ph.D., director of Neurology at Cincinnati Children's. "This is why the findings of this study may have important clinical implications because, in a rodent model of HIE, they that show inhibiting plasminogen activators in functional areas of the brain is powerful strategy for brain protection." Earlier...Improved method developed to test carcinogen risk
...nts with trout in large numbers at very low cost, about 5 percent of what a rodent study would cost," Bailey said. "For most studies of carcinogens, exposing ... aflatoxins were determined using essentially the same methodology based on rodent studies," Bailey said. "But our research suggests that the findings for afl...NAU discovery could help feed millions
...yer said. "We can easily increase rice production by 10 percent by reducing rodent fertility in half." She said this noninvasive approach is more humane t...e go to Vietnam," Mayer said. Scientists adapt the product to different rodent species at SenesTech, the Flagstaff-based company that grew out of Mayer's ...Climate change driving Michigan mammals north
...and minimum daily temperatures from the National Climate Data Center for 16 weather stations in the Upper Peninsula, where changes in the small forest rodent community have been especially pronounced. They then calculated monthly averages for minimum and maximum daily temperatures for each year between 1970...Study finds children's activity levels not influenced by more PE time in school
...not the range in environmental opportunities, but the range of individual activity set-points in the brains of children." Frmeaux pointed out that rodent experiments, as well as other observations in children and adults such as the same physical activity level in people from different geographical regio...Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia
... brain-specific form potentially opens the way to development of new treatments free of such cardiac side-effects. Dramatically changed activity in rodent brains toward a neuronal firing pattern that may be important for thinking and memory tasks unique to primates. Is expressed much more prior to bir...Google Earth aids discovery of early African mammal fossils
...studying them and identified teeth and bones of fossil bats. Gunnell shared the materials with Ellen Miller of Wake Forest University, who found a few rodent jaws and some additional teeth. Recently, with funding from National Geographic Society, Gunnell, Miller, U-M assistant research scientist William San...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
..., 8 females), coffee (5 males, 7 females), caffeine (5 males, 8 females), chlrogenic acid (5 males, 7 females). The control groups were fed a standard rodent diet and were not given any additional supplements. The intervention groups were provided with coffee, caffeine, and chlorogenic acid extracts, respec...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
..., 8 females), coffee (5 males, 7 females), caffeine (5 males, 8 females), chlrogenic acid (5 males, 7 females). The control groups were fed a standard rodent diet and were not given any additional supplements. The intervention groups were provided with coffee, caffeine, and chlorogenic acid extracts, respec...Big Blue Rodent Cell Cultures for Mutagenesis Studies
Rat and mouse embryonic cell lines are useful for in vitro mutagenesis studies Denise L. Wyborski Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. The Big Blue rat cell line and the Big Blue transgenic mouse embryonic cell line are useful for in vitro mutagenesis studies. These cell lines are ...Santaris Pharma - Interim Report for the Period 1 January to 30 June 2009
... phase I clinical trial in solid tumors with the LNA-based drug Survivin targeting cancer. SPC4955-ApoB inhibitor Santaris Pharma has in rodent and primate studies shown that ApoB inhibitors are able to lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides effectively. In Q2 2009 the Company selected a lead...Ausio Pharmaceuticals to Present at Bio(R) 2009
...a (ER beta) agonist. The safety profile of AUS-131 in FDA-required preclinical studies was excellent, and AUS-131 has demonstrated positive effects in rodent models of menopausal hot flashes and BPH, supporting its promise for the treatment of these conditions in humans. In Phase 1 trials, AUS-131 demonstra...BioLife Solutions Completes Safety Studies on HypoThermosol(R) and CryoStor(TM)
...f these studies demonstrate that infusion of HypoThermosol and CryoStor present no safety risk within the parameters of this two-stage evaluation in a rodent model. No toxic deaths were noted in either Stage 1 or 2 at infusion or in the 7 day follow-up. Stage 1 involved infusion of carrier solutions alone ...SenesTech, Inc. Commences Product Registration Process With Australian Government
...is unique rodent population management product to the agricultural ministries of Southeast Asia. ContraPest(R) will target the rice field rat, a major rodent pest species for rice agriculture in this region, known to eat or damage a significant portion of rice crops each year. ContraPest(R) works through ...SenesTech, Inc. Initiates Research Field Trials for ContraPest(R) in Indonesia
...r ovulate, and the effect on rodent pest populations can be dramatic. These rodent pests can eat or damage up to 50% of a rice crop in Southeast Asia. Just a 10% increase in crop yield due to less rodent damage will result in feeding up to 380 million more people per year. "Fi...Use it or lose it? Researchers investigate the dispensability of our DNA
...erved elements that are shared between primates and closely related mammals, were present in the ancestor of modern rodents, but have been lost in the rodent lineage more recently. The researchers found that the genomic evidence supports an important biological role for ultraconserved elements, as well as ...Samaritan Partners 'Forgetful' Rat Model to Taconic to Commercialize
...nic was founded in 1952 as a family-owned business in New York's Hudson River Valley. Since then, the company has become one of the largest laboratory rodent providers in the world with a reputation for consistently producing high quality, well-defined rats and mice. Taconic has six breeding facilities and ...TaqMan Rodent GAPDH Control Reagents from Applied Biosystems
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