News tagged with rat model
Inflammation may link obesity and adverse pregnancy outcomes
A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In a review published in Advances in ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Innovative new strategy to treat Parkinson's disease
Stabilizing the cell's power-generating center protects against Parkinson's disease (PD) in a rat model, according to a report published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Compound in Apples Inhibits E. coli O157:H7
A compound that is abundant in apples and strawberries inhibits the highly pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 biofilms while sparing a beneficial strain of E. coli that also forms biofilms in the human gut, according to a paper in ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Dodging the cognitive hit of early-life seizures
About half of newborns who have seizures go on to have long-term intellectual and memory deficits and cognitive disorders such as autism, but why this occurs has been unknown. In the December 14 Journal of Neuroscience, resear ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Disease progression halted in rat model of Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is an incurable adult neurodegenerative disorder that progresses to paralysis and death. Genetic mutations are the cause of disease in 5% of patients ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Brain probe that softens after insertion causes less scarring
A hard probe inserted in the cerebral cortex of a rat model turns nearly as pliable as the surrounding gray matter in minutes, and induces less of the tough scarring that walls off hard probes that do not change, researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Researchers demonstrate rare animal model for studying depression
Washington State University researchers have taken a promising step toward creating an animal model for decoding the specific brain circuits involved in depression. By electrically stimulating a brain region central to an ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Fetal programming of disease risk to next generation depends on parental gender
Overexposure to stress hormones in the womb can program the potential for adverse health effects in those children and the next generation, but effects vary depending on whether the mother or father transmits them, a new ...
Jun 04, 2011 |
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Inhaling hydrogen may help reduce lung damage in critically ill patients
Inhaling small amounts of hydrogen in addition to concentrated oxygen may help stem the damage to lung tissue that can occur when critically ill patients are given oxygen for long periods of time, according to a rat model ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Stem cells reverse disease in a model of Parkinson's disease
In a new study to be published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers compared the ability of cells derived from different types of human stem cell to reverse disease in a rat model of Parkinson disease and id ...
May 16, 2011 |
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What's in a name? Broadening the biological lexicon to bolster translational research
So-called model organisms have long been at the core of biomedical research, allowing scientists to study the ins and outs of human disorders in non-human subjects.
Mar 09, 2011 |
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FDA-approved drug shows promise as alcoholism treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- A medication commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxant shows promise as a potential treatment for alcoholism, based on a study in rats by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Scientists discover that a specific enzyme inhibitor may help control lung inflammation
All of us may be able to breathe a little easier now that scientists from Pennsylvania have found a new therapeutic target for controlling dangerous inflammation in the lungs. A new research report in the January 2011 issue ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Common diabetes drug may halt growth of cysts in polycystic kidney disease
Researchers report that a drug commonly used to treat diabetes may also retard the growth of fluid-filled cysts of the most common genetic disorder, polycystic kidney disease. PKD does not discriminate by ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Haptoglobin as an early serum biomarker of virus-induced type 1 diabetes in rats
Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a multifactorial disease of complex etiology characterized by the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. In addition to genetic susceptibility, it is ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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