News tagged with guinea pigs
Scientists develop animal model for TB-related blindness
(Medical Xpress) -- Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Archaeologists find new evidence of animals being introduced to prehistoric Caribbean
An archaeological research team from North Carolina State University, the University of Washington and University of Florida has found one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric non-native animal remains ...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Omega-3 fatty acids shown to prevent or slow progression of osteoarthritis
New research has shown for the first time that omega-3 in fish oil could "substantially and significantly" reduce the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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GM rice spreads, prompts debate in China
Genetically modified rice has been spreading illegally for years in China, officials have admitted, triggering a debate on a sensitive aspect of the food security plan in the world's most populous nation.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Spectacular mammal rediscovered after 113 years -- first ever photographs taken
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique and mysterious guinea-pig-sized rodent, not seen since 1898 despite several organized searches, bizarrely showed up at the front door of an ecolodge at a nature reserve in Colombia, ...
May 19, 2011 |
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'Bug Mac' and lovely 'grub': food of the future
Dutch student Walinka van Tol inspects the worm protruding from a half-eaten chocolate praline she's holding, steels herself with a shrug, then pops it into her mouth.
Jan 23, 2011 |
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Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses
New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg viruses. Furthermore, the animals were protected even when therapeutics were administered one hour after ...
Aug 22, 2010 |
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Experimental treatment protects monkeys from lethal Ebola virus post-exposure
Scientists using tiny particles of genetic material to interfere in the replication process of the deadly Ebola virus have successfully prevented monkeys exposed to that virus from dying of hemorrhagic fever. The proof-of-concept ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Guinea pigs not 'dumbed down' by domestication
Despite reductions in brain size, domestication has not reduced the ability of guinea pigs to navigate a water maze. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology tested domesticated and wi ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Human guinea pigs link pay and risk levels
Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they ...
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.
Sep 02, 2009 |
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One step closer to an artificial nerve cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters. ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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