Items tagged with mice

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Stem Cells Created Without Viruses Friday, September 26th, 2008 - 09:51:21 - Ehud Rattner For the first time, biologists have reprogrammed adult mouse cells back to an embryonic state without using viruses that leave dangerous copies of... read more

Fat Molecule Fights Weight Gain Monday, September 22nd, 2008 - 20:07:53 - Ehud Rattner It could be an ad in a fashion magazine: Miracle fat prevents weight-gain! Researchers aren't promising that, but they do say they've isolated a fat... read more

Mice's Mechanism for Postpartum Depression Thursday, July 31st, 2008 - 09:54:39 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in the brains of mice that could explain why some human mothers become depressed following childbirth. The... read more

Human Blood Vessels in Mice Monday, July 21st, 2008 - 14:17:49 - Ehud Rattner For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors — an important... read more

Early Stem Cell Mutation Linked to Autism Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 - 14:32:35 - Ehud Rattner In a breakthrough scientific study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Burnham Institute for... read more

Inadequate Sleep May Exacerbate Aging Monday, June 30th, 2008 - 14:22:20 - Ehud Rattner Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that the unfolded protein response, which is a reaction to stress induced... read more

Drug Reverses a Form of Mental Retardation Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - 22:22:25 - Ehud Rattner A drug already on the market for a completely unrelated condition could be used to treat a form of mental retardation linked to autism—if the results... read more

Human Stem Cells Used to Cure Brain Disorder Friday, June 6th, 2008 - 22:39:20 - Ehud Rattner Human stem cells have been used to correct abnormal brain development in mice with fatal brain disorders, offering hope for treating a range of... read more

Blind Mice Recover Vision Monday, April 28th, 2008 - 14:17:26 - Ehud Rattner Blind mice have been made to sense light by inserting a protein derived from algae into their eyes. A similar method could one day be used to treat... read more

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