'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
Prospects for extending human life remain unclear, researchers say,, WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Though researchers aren't ready to recommend that people start popping pills to live longer, they hope a drug used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs may turn out to exte...Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise
Findings might someday help overweight humans, too, experts say,, WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have come up with two new ways to control weight and blood sugar levels in obese mice -- without diet or exercise. And although putting the techniques to use in people...Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors
Cediranib reduces tissue swelling better than steroids, team says THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-angiogenesis drugs reduce edema (swelling of brain tissue) caused by deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas, a new study suggests. Anti-angiogenesis drugs prevent the form...Stanford study prevents pancreatic tumor growth in mice by inhibiting key protein
STANFORD, Calif. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein critical for the growth of pancreatic cancer. Blocking the expression of the protein slowed or prevented tumor growth in mice and made cultured cancer cells vulnerable to the conditions of low oxygen ...Old, Fat Mice Blamed for Virus Transmission
Contact with humans can lead to deadly lung disease WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Stemming an often fatal virus linked to deer mice might mean focusing on the older and bigger mice. They're the ones most likely to spread the disease, researchers from the University of Utah have...Drug Shields Mice From Emphysema
Experimental approach seemed to protect the animals from smoke's harmful effects, researchers say MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- In experiments in mice, scientists have shown that a new drug may protect the animals from the respiratory damage caused by cigarettes. The finding h...New Research on Pre-Eclampsia in Mice May Have Important Implications for Humans
Team Supported by March of Dimes Publishes Findings in Nature Medicine WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new March of Dimes-funded study of pre-eclampsia, a serious and potentially deadly disorder that affects about 5 percent of pregnancies, researchers have found r...Senesco Announces H1N1 Influenza Survival Test Results in Mice
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("Senesco" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: SNT ) today reported results of H1N1 mouse influenza survival studies that were conducted in Dr. William Scheld's lab at the University of Virginia School of Medic...Molecular Therapy Succeeds in Preventing Craniofacial Birth Defect in Mice
Research by March of Dimes Grantee Offers Hope for Treatment of Children WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new gene-based technique has successfully prevented a rare craniofacial birth defect in mice and holds promise to help children with the same disorder, according...New Drug Combination is Able to Eradicate Breast Metastases in Mice
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A novel combination of drugs was able to completely eradicate human breast metastases growing in mice, and shows promise for the effective treatment of patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Sophia Ran from Southern Illinois University School ...Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
...l. 2005, Bodor et al. 2005). Lastly, DSI research was finally applied to mice that had the CB1 receptor genetically "knocked-out". So far, these knock-out mice are not known to exhibit DSI in any regions of the brain, suggesting that t...Work in mice will contribute to the study of hereditary diseases that lead to blindness
This release is available in Spanish . Researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have used a technique consisting of the induction of neuronal degeneration neuronal for intense light exposure in the mouse's retina that will be helpful for the study of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a g...Genetically engineered mice yield clues to 'knocking out' cancer
Deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional evidence that such stress contributes to the development of cancer. That's the conclusion of a recent study* in DNA Repair by researchers at the National I...Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers first to clone mice in Spain
Researchers at the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona (UAB) are the first to have cloned mice in Spain. Cloe, Cleo and Clona are three female brown-coloured mice and were born respectively on 12 May, 3 June and 10 June. By means of nuclear tra...Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring
Exposure during pregnancy to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, found in many common plastic household items, is known to cause a fertility defect in the mother's offspring in animal studies, and now researchers have found how the defect occurs. The results of the new study will be presented Saturd...Researchers engineer metabolic pathway in mice to prevent diet-induced obesity
In recent years, obesity has taken on epidemic proportions in developed nations, contributing significantly to major medical problems, early death and rising health care costs. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, at least a quarter of all American adults and more tha...Honest crabs, power to the hungry, nice mice and clever meerkats: News from the American Naturalist
For copies of any of these articles, please contact Kevin Stacey at 773-834-0386 or kstacey@press.uchicago.edu . HOW OFTEN DO ANIMALS LIE ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS? An article by Princeton Biologist Mark Laidre suggests that when an animal signals an intent to attack, chances are it's not bl...Of mice and men: new male contraceptives successful in rodents and humans
Pills, sponges, IUDs, diaphragms-- women have many options for planning their fertility, none of them quite perfect. But what if men want to help out? They have only two options -- vasectomy, which is usually permanent, and condoms, which are crucial for dating but get old in long-term relationsh...Nanotech particles affect brain development in mice
Maternal exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) affects the expression of genes related to the central nervous system in developing mice. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that mice whose mothers were injected with the n...Flu vaccine given in microneedle skin patches proves effective in mice
Flu vaccine delivered through skin patches containing microneedles has proven just as effective at preventing influenza in mice as intramuscular, hypodermic flu immunization. A team of researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology believes the new microneedle skin patch m...Novocell Reports Successful Use of Stem Cells to Generate Insulin in Mice
Results Demonstrate Potential Future Application of Stem Cells as a Treatment for Diabetes Findings published in Nature Biotechnology SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, today announced data demonstrating f...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 individu...Mouse Serum from Innovative Research
Description:... Mouse Serum • Mouse serum is collected off the clot fasted non-Swiss Albino mice of mixed sex and 8-12 weeks of age. Available Anticoagulants: N-02: Citrate N-04: Heparin (Na) N-06: K2EDTA N-08: Potassium Oxalate N-10: ...Mouse Serum from Innovative Research
Description:... Mouse Serum • Mouse serum is collected off the clot fasted non-Swiss Albino mice of mixed sex and 8-12 weeks of age. Available Anticoagulants: N-02: Citrate N-04: Heparin (Na) N-06: K2EDTA N-08: Potassium Oxalate N-10: ...Mouse Serum - Raw - 1 Liter from GeneTex
Description:... RAW; Collected from 8-12 week old sexually mature mice that are free of common parasites; RAW Collected from 8-12 week old sexually mature mice that are free of common parasites....Mouse Complement from Pel-Freez Biologicals
Description:... Whole blood is collected from mice (Swiss Webster, 8-10 weeks old,either sex) and processed within 45 minutes of collection. The complement is then filtered and pooled on ice, bottled a...