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10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new mouse model of a genetically-linked type of autism, developed by scientists at Duke Health, reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder...
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have described a potential new intraocular treatment that prevents and reverses some characteristics of diabetic retinopathy in a mouse model...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
In laboratory tests on human cells and mouse models, an experimental therapy was shown to stop treatment-resistant glioblastoma and high-grade gliomas...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
With further development, the XPL could be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
New research suggests that gut microbes may remotely influence the activity of cells in the brain that are involved in inflammation and neurodegeneration...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers from the University of Manchester have devised a method to selectively deliver drugs to a pregnant woman’s placenta without harming the foetus...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Research shows that inhibiting this mechanism reduces brain cell damage, hinting at a new therapy to mitigating the effects of prenatal Zika virus infection...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The new animal model was generated when researchers crossed two genetically modified mice: mice lacking the Mef gene and mice with a Rad50 gene mutation...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The microRNA miR551b has been shown to impact STAT3 protein levels, contributing to resistance to cell death and increased proliferation of cancer cells...
5 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have discovered how interleukin 18 hijacks a brain circuit and reduces appetite. The research points to potential targets for treating appetite loss...
5 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The purpose of this study was to determine whether d-Methadone elicits antidepressant-like effects after a single administration...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have identified a metabolite of ketamine, hydroxynorketamine, that quickly reverses depression in mice, but without ketamine's side effects...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed a process to grow the majority of bacteria from the gut, which will enable scientists to understand more about our microbiome...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The technique, developed by scientists at Cambridge University, could open up new avenues of research aimed at helping improve the chances of success of IVF...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The findings of a new study suggest a class of drugs previously developed to treat atherosclerosis could be repurposed for treatment of pancreatic cancer...
