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Blocking a microRNA may prevent age-related conditions
Conditions like chronic inflammation, muscle loss and bone loss have an elevated microRNA, US researchers attempted to block this in aged mice.
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Genetics behind facial and skull changes in Down Syndrome mouse model
Progress in identifying the gene responsible for facial and skull changes in mouse model of Down Syndrome, made by UK researchers.
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Organ-on-a-chip device aids the study of thrombosis without animal models
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have developed an organ-on-a-chip-model to better understand the mechanisms of deep vein thrombosis.
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New treatment pathway for deadly pancreatic cancers
US scientists have used mouse models of pancreatic cancer to identify genes used by tumour cells to grow uncontrollably.
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Inflammation ‘brake’ gene may impact kidney disease outcomes
Australian researchers uncover a gene that controls inflammation in kidney disease, which could pave the way for more precise disease diagnostics and personalised treatments.
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Recombining drugs helps restore gene’s ability to signal for death of leukaemia cells
US researchers find combination of chloroquine and venetoclax promotes cancer cell death in mouse models with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
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Cannabinoids used in worms can help regulate various body systems
US study suggest worms could be a good research model for understanding the endocannabinoid system—and possibly developing better drugs.
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New organoid emulates development of the human heart
The team are the first researchers in the world to successfully create an organoid containing both heart muscle cells and cells of the outer layer of the heart wall.
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Researchers find ancient virus genome drives autism
The scientists revealed in mice models that endogenous retrovirus activation increases a foetus’s susceptibility to autism.
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Usher syndrome: first nonhuman primate model
US researchers evaluate an experimental gene therapy in the first ever nonhuman primate model for Usher Syndrome.
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A promising oral drug delivery platform could replace injections with pills
The researchers explored the possibility of using the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri as a novel oral drug delivery platform to treat rheumatoid arthritis in an animal model.
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Scientists investigate the multi-omic landscape of NAFLD-to-NASH progression
Researchers have presented comprehensive multi-omic profiles to identify genes, non-coding RNAs, proteins, and plasma metabolites involved in NAFLD-to-NASH progression.
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P53 could be key to therapies for salivary gland cancer
Mouse models show that activating a non-mutated form of the gene could lead to developing therapies for salivary gland cancer.
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Five recent CRISPR drug target discoveries
This article highlights five of the latest findings revealed using CRISPR that could be used in the development or design of new therapies.
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Is the Nile rat the new animal model for diabetes research?
US researchers, using genome sequencing, put forward the Nile rat as the new model organism for diabetes research.