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Study shows counting cells may find how cancer spreads
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to measure the generation rate and half-life of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in mice.
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Increased serotonin prevents cocaine addiction, researchers find
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): Elevated levels of serotonin can prevent the development of compulsive cocaine-seeking and addiction in mice, according to a recent report by a team of international researchers.
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Study identifies potential target for treating systemic inflammation in ob
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): A study led by researchers at the University of Chicago and Indiana University has determined that a protein called elF5A is necessary for driving inflammation in macrophage cells in obesity. Blocking DHPS, the enzyme that modifies and activates elF5A, led
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Researchers develop new rheumatoid arthritis therapy with implanted cells
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): Clinical researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently developed a new method to treat rheumatoid arthritis by genetically engineered cells that, when implanted in mice, will deliver a biologic drug in response to inflam
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Researchers treat rheumatoid arthritis with implanted cells that release d
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have genetically engineered cells that, when implanted in mice, will deliver a biologic drug in response to inflammation. The goal of the research was to develop rheumatoid arthritis
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New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): The findings of a new Cornell University research suggested that female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emoti
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Prior training can accelerate muscle growth even after extended idleness:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): A new study found that skeletal muscles in mice appear to "remember" prior training, aiding muscle growth and adaptability when retrained through exercise.
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Prior training can accelerate muscle growth even after extended idleness,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): A new study found that skeletal muscles in mice appear to "remember" prior training, aiding muscle growth and adaptability when retrained through exercise.
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Inhaled COVID-19 vaccine prevents disease, virus transmission in animals:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): In a new study assessing the potential of a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, a team from the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia found that the vaccine fully protects mice against lethal COVID-19 infection. The vaccine also blocks the anim
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Immune system protein may defend against deadly intestinal disease in babi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified, in mice, a protein in the immune system that may protect babies from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and lead to the development of new treatments.
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Secondary infections inflame the brain, worsening cognition in Alzheimer's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): A new research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggested that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans - even when these secondary events occur outside the brain.
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Researchers discover drug that blocks multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], May 28 (ANI): The drug diABZI -- which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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