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Clocking Salt Levels In The Blood: Link Between The Circadian Rhythm And Salt Balance
July 1, 2009 — New research suggests a link between the circadian rhythm and control of sodium (salt) levels in the blood of mice. Specifically, the circadian clock protein Period 1 was found to function downstream ... > full story -
First Evidence That Female Human Embryos Adjust The Balance Of X
June 29, 2009 — Researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in ... > full story -
Mice Run Faster On High-Grade Oil
June 29, 2009 — Between the 1932 and 2008 Olympic Games, world record times of the men's 100m sprint improved by 0.6 seconds. Scientists have shown that an equivalent improvement can be achieved in mice by feeding ... > full story -
Engineering Autism: Mice With Extra Chromosome Region Show Many Autistic Signs
June 25, 2009 — Mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated with human autism, researchers report. The duplicated chromosomal region in mice is the ... > full story -
Mouse With 'Humanized Version' Of Human Language Gene Provides Clues To Language Development
June 24, 2009 — Scientists have made a major contribution to understanding human language development. Using a comprehensive screening method, they studied a mouse model carrying a "humanized version" of a key gene ... > full story -
Mouse Model Of Parkinson's Reproduces Nonmotor Symptoms
June 23, 2009 — Nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's include digestive and sleep problems, loss of sense of smell and depression. A mouse with a mutation in a gene responsible for packaging neurotransmitters like ... > full story -
Trapping Immune Cells In The Uterus Prevents Anti-Fetal Immunity
June 22, 2009 — Why the immune system of a pregnant woman does not attack her developing fetus is one of most remarkable features of pregnancy, and several underlying mechanisms have been described. Scientists have ... > full story -
Protein That Protects Sperm, Reduces Miscarriage Rates Identified
June 22, 2009 — Researchers have identified a protein that helps protect immature mouse sperm from oxidative stress. When male mice over one year old lacking this protein were mated with normal female mice, an ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Interferon Response May Offer Early Control Of H5N1 Influenza Virus
June 19, 2009 — Researchers suggest that the cell-signaling protein, interferon type 1, reduced H5N1 influenza virus replication in mice and may offer some degree of protection in the early stages of ... > full story -
Severely Memory-Deficit Mutant Mouse Created
June 19, 2009 — A Japanese research group has successfully generated a novel kinase-dead mutant mouse of the CaMKIIalpha gene that completely and exclusively lacks its kinase activity. They examined hippocampal ... > full story
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