Science Comes to the Rescue of Lab Rats
Scientists at Tel Aviv University are bioengineering tissues that can take the place of lab rats, saving untold lives.
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Teaching an Old Immune System New Tricks
Researchers have found a protein that may be the immune system's fountain of youth.
Turning Off Huntington’s Disease
Amending the unmutated part of the mutated protein that causes a neurodegenerative disease may lead to a cure.
Attacking Breast Cancer in its Heel
Research suggests a possible specific target for drugs fighting the most common type of breast cancer.
Teen Steroid Use Suppresses Submissiveness
New research on hamsters suggests steroid use produces greater long-term behavioral problems in males when the drugs are administered during adolescence.
(Wheel) Running Addictions Away
Here's a thought for the New Year: Binge-drinking mice could help pave the way for exercise-oriented alcohol addiction treatments for humans.
Rats and That Vision Thing
Stem cells might be able to prevent blindness caused by macular degeneration.
Battling Down Syndrome Memory Loss
A mouse model suggests a possible treatment for Alzheimer's-like dementia in aging Down syndrome patients.
A Long, Naked, Cancer-Free Life
Biologists have discovered a gene that may keep naked mole rats cancer-free, a finding they hope can have implications with humans.
Paralyzed Mice and M&Ms
A pill or two might be able to prevent future devastating spinal cord injuries from turning into paralysis, suggests new research on mice.