News tagged with lab animals


Study offers insight to how fructose causes obesity, metabolic syndrome

A group of scientists from across the world have come together in a just-published study that provides new insights into how fructose causes obesity and metabolic syndrome, more commonly known as diabetes.

Medical research created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Molecular duo dictate weight and energy levels

Yale University researchers have discovered a key cellular mechanism that may help the brain control how much we eat, what we weigh, and how much energy we have.

Neuroscience created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease

Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific review in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease suggests that f ...

Diabetes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study could aid development of new drugs to treat gout

Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout. The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March ...

Immunology created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coke, Pepsi to drop level of 'cancer' chemical

Coca-Cola and Pepsi said Friday they have lowered levels of a chemical in caramel coloring to comply with a California law, but insisted the drinks pose no health risks and recipes will not change.

Health created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists lead rat race for better PET scan

Scientists in Australia have devised a method of scanning lab rats' brains as they scurry about freely, eliminating the need for anaesthesia or forced restraint, a report said Wednesday.

Medical research created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned ...

Health created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dengue vaccine to be tested in India

French health care giant Sanofi Pasteur will soon test a vaccine against dengue fever in India amid concerns about the increasingly global spread of the disease, reports said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uncovering a flaw in drug testing for chronic anxiety disorder

Pre-clinical trials—the stage at which medications or therapies are tested on animals like laboratory mice—is a crucial part of drug development. It's only then that scientists can assess benefits and side effects before ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

France bans contested chemical BPA in food packaging

The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and nervous system, in baby food packaging next year and all food containers in 2015.

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How fat are your lab mice?

Researchers are increasingly aware that fat in some parts of the body is more harmful than fat in other places. To help determine how obesity works, scientists turn to animal models and now, they are able ...

Medical research created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0