News tagged with laboratory rats
Scientists rescue visual function in rats using induced pluripotent stem cells
Dec 03, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists has rescued visual function in laboratory rats with eye disease by using cells similar to stem cells. The research shows the potential for stem cell-based therapies to treat ...
Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness
Apr 23, 2009 |
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.
Jet lag disturbs sleep by upsetting internal clocks in 2 neural centers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Jet lag is the bane of many travelers, and similar fatigue can plague people who work in rotating shifts. Scientists know the problem results from disruption to the body's normal rhythms and are getting closer to a better ...
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If you're feeling helpless, it's best to be alone
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2008 |
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If you're going to experience a period of helplessness, it's best to be alone. New research at the University of Haifa found that laboratory rats that were on their own when exposed to uncontrollable conditions, which create ...
Smelling a rat to catch a rat
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Mar 24, 2008 |
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A novel experiment using laboratory rats to attract wild rats could pave the way for “rat perfumed” bait capable of reducing the millions of rats threatening New Zealand’s native species, say Massey conservation ...
Proteins could relate to increased longevity in women
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Scientists in Spain and Italy have identified a group of proteins in laboratory rats that could help explain two enduring medical mysteries — why women live longer than men and why calorie restriction stands as the only proven ...
Horse whisperers, lion tamers not needed: Scientists find genetic regions that soothe savage beasts
Jun 08, 2009 |
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In what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from Germany, Russia and Sweden have discovered a set of genetic regions responsible for animal tameness. This discovery, published in the June 2009 ...
Researchers explore long-term adolescent vulnerability to drugs
Sep 16, 2009 |
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As part of efforts to understand drug abuse, Georgia State University researchers are finding that adolescent rats appear to be less vulnerable to the long-term effects of withdrawal and relapse in certain types of drug use ...
Coffee's aroma kick-starts genes in the brain
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Drink coffee to send a wake-up call to the brain? Or just smell its rich, warm aroma? An international group of scientists is reporting some of the first evidence that simply inhaling coffee aroma alters the ...
Rosiglitazone does not harm bone healing if combined with metformin in rats
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Taking the diabetes medications metformin and rosiglitazone together reverses the adverse effects on bone of rosiglitazone treatment alone in an experimental model, according to a new study done in rats.
Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.
Gene therapy reduces cocaine use in rats
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that increasing the brain level of receptors for dopamine, a pleasure-related chemical, can reduce use of cocaine by 75 percent in rats ...
The surprising effect of cannabis on morphine dependence
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Injections of THC, the active principle of cannabis, eliminate dependence on opiates (morphine, heroin) in rats deprived of their mothers at birth. This has been shown by a study carried out ...
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