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1 January 1970
Posted by: Richard Scrase
Category: News
Working with mice, researchers have identified a protein that may help thousands of people in the USA who contract Lyme disease each year. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/manganese-ticks-and-lyme-disease/
A team of researchers have pin-pointed the gene which controls the production of tooth enamel in mice, called Ctip2. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/gene-controls-formation-of-tooth-enamel/
Researchers have developed a new approach in the search for treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/gene-patches-treat-muscular-dystrophy/
Researchers have developed a new pain-free method of vaccination which does not involve an injection. Using mice they have shown that it is possible to deliver a vaccine orally by combining it with protective friendly bacteria. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/needle-free-vaccination/
UK newspapers these days are full of political sleaze, economic woes and minor celebrities. But there is some good news too. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/now-for-the-good-news/
Researchers studying mice have shown that an increase in excitability in calcium channels in the brain could explain recurrent seizures. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/cause-of-recurrent-seizures-revealed/
A team of scientists studying mice has pinpointed a gene involved in memory impairment, such as that seen in Alzheimer’s disease. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/treatment-reverses-alzheimers-in-mice/
Scientists using mice believe they have identified the mechanism which determines whether fatty deposits in the arteries are harmless or potentially fatal. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/mechanism-behind-blood-clots/
Two studies have indicated that it is the physical force of a heart beat which triggers blood stem cells to produce new blood cells. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/stem-cell-development-dependent-on-blood-flow/
Studies using rats have linked chemicals released by tumours with depression. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/scientists-link-tumours-to-depression/
Scientists have managed to modify the cold virus so that it only targets and damages cancerous cells. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/cold-virus-fights-cancer-selectively/
Scientists have identified a gene implicated in up to one fifth of breast cancers. The good news is that studies in mice seem to show a commonly-used blood pressure drug appears to reverse the effects of the gene. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/effect-of-breast-cancer-gene-reversed/
Why does Huntington's disease lead to the death of brain cells, whilst causing negligible damage to cells elsewhere in the body? http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/protein-culprit-in-huntingtons-disease/
Researchers have designed small particles - ‘nanoparticles' - that are able to selectively bind to plaques in arteries. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/nanoparticles-seek-out-plaques-in-arteries/
Scientists using mice have developed a new way to deliver gene therapies. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/novel-gene-therapy-reverses-haemophilia/
Researchers have created a GM mouse that develops Parkinson's disease. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/gm-mice-get-parkinsons-disease/
apamycin was found in soil on Easter Island 40 years ago. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/elixir-from-easter-island/
Using GM mice, scientists have shown that caffeine can reduce dementia symptoms. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/caffeine-halts-alzheimers/
An artificial hormone has reduced body weight and fat mass in mice, and fast. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/fat-busting-pill/
The 2008 figures for use of animals in UK research were released today by the Home Office. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/policy-issues/more-research-means-more-animals/
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