News tagged with pregnant mice
Scientists identify gene that is consistently altered in obese individuals
Food and environment can chemically alter your gene function and scientists have identified a gene that is consistently altered in obesity.
Genetics
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Combination of stresses may produce brain disorders, research shows
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in a mouse model has shown that neuropsychiatric disorders in adults were more likely to develop if the mice had suffered immune challenges before birth and stresses after birth. ...
Medical research
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Fetal exposure to tributyltin linked to obesity
Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin (TBT) – which was used in marine antifouling paints and is used as an antifungal agent in some paints, certain plastics and a variety of consumer products ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Fetal exposure to PVC plastic chemical linked to obesity in offspring
Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin – which is used in marine hull paint and PVC plastic – can lead to obesity for multiple generations without subsequent exposure, a UC Irvine study has found.
Health
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Study calls into doubt previous BPA research
(Medical Xpress)—Yellow coat color mice in Cheryl Rosenfeld's lab are not fortunate sons and daughters.Conventional knowledge says these mice will likely live fatter, more diseased lives than their black, ...
Medical research
Jan 02, 2013 |
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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 ...
Medical research
Nov 30, 2012 |
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Immune activation in pregnant mice affects offspring, potential implications for neurodevelopmental disorders
A brief kick to the immune system of a pregnant mouse can cause persistent changes in the brains of the offspring, according to new research from the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience.
Medical research
Oct 26, 2012 |
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Stress during pregnancy leads to abdominal obesity in mice offspring
A new report involving mice suggests that a relationship exists between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in her offspring. What's more, the ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jul 31, 2012 |
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In utero exposure to diesel exhaust a possible risk factor for obesity
Pregnant mice exposed to high levels of air pollution gave birth to offspring with a significantly higher rate of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood than those that were not exposed to air pollution. This effect ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jul 19, 2012 |
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BPA exposure in pregnant mice changes gene expression of female offspring
Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical found in many common plastic household items, can cause numerous genes in the uterus to respond differently to estrogen in adulthood, according to a study using a mouse ...
Health
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Three types of fetal cells can migrate into maternal organs during pregnancy
A pregnant woman's blood stream contains not only her own cells, but a small number of her child's, as well, and some of them remain in her internal organs long after the baby is born. Understanding the origin and identity ...
Medical research
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Genes may hold the key to aging skin
(HealthDay) -- Your DNA might help dictate how your skin changes with age, one expert says.
Genetics
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Highly exposed to phthalates as fetuses, female mice have altered reproductive lives
Female mouse fetuses exposed to very high doses of a common industrial chemical that makes plastics more pliable develop significant reproductive alterations and precancerous lesions as they grow up, according ...
Medical research
Mar 16, 2012 |
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No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero
Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastic used in many consumer products, has recently become infamous -- and banned in some places -- because it can mimic natural estrogen in the body. A new study by Brown University ...
Medical research
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Immune cells link pregnancy and tumor spread
Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor ...
Cancer
Jun 06, 2011 |
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