Study unmasks regulator of healthy life span
A new series of studies in mouse models by Mayo Clinic researchers uncovered that the aging process is characterized by high rates of whole-chromosome losses and gains in various organs, including heart, muscle, kidney and ...
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Surviving sepsis with LECT2
Failure to launch an adequate immune response may be at the root of septic shock, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine on December 17th.
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Dec 13, 2012 |
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New study brings long-sought vaccines for deadly parasite closer to reality
One major cause of illness from food-borne diseases is the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). New insights into how the immune system combats T. gondii are provided in a study published by Cell Press Decemb ...
Immunology
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Could ending your fatty food habit cause withdrawal symptoms and depression?
Even before obesity occurs, eating fatty and sugary foods causes chemical changes in the brain, meaning that going on a diet might feel similar to going through drug withdrawal, according to a study published today by Dr. ...
Overweight and Obesity
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Gene knockout stops immune cell development
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified the key gene in ensuring that our immune defences develop infection-fighting cells. No cells of the adaptive immune system ...
Immunology
Dec 11, 2012 |
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How our nerves regulate insulin secretion
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to graft beta cells into the eyes of mice in order to study them in a living organism over a prolonged period of time. As a result, the group and a team of colleagues ...
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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New genetic disorder of balance and cognition discovered
The family of disorders known as ataxia can impair speech, balance and coordination, and have varying levels of severity. Scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have identified a new member of this group ...
Genetics
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Mouse study offers clues to obesity-diabetes link
(HealthDay)—Obesity and type 2 diabetes are clearly intertwined, but researchers say they've found a way to weaken the connection between the two—at least in mice.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Scientists find regulator linking exercise to bigger, stronger muscles
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have isolated a previously unknown protein in muscles that spurs their growth and increased power following resistance exercise. They suggest that artificially raising the protein's ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Could high insulin make you fat? Mouse study says yes
When we eat too much, obesity may develop as a result of chronically high insulin levels, not the other way around. That's according to new evidence in mice reported in the December 4th Cell Metabolism, a Cell ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Metabolic biomarkers for preventive molecular medicine
A team of scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by its director, María Blasco, together with Jose M. Mato, the director of the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, has shown that the ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Diabetes drug may reduce brain damage after stroke
In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for ...
Diabetes
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Lithium restores cognitive function in Down syndrome mice
Down syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is the leading cause of genetically defined intellectual disability. In the brain, Down syndrome results in alterations in the connections between neurons and a reduction ...
Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Prenatal intervention reduces learning deficit in mice
Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, according to researchers at ...
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Nov 30, 2012 |
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