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  • July 2008

    • Guzzle Coffee, Prevent Multiple Sclerosis?

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 1, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Guzzle Coffee, Prevent Multiple Sclerosis?

      (Newser) - For preventing the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, caffeine might be just what the doctor ordered, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a study involving what must have been some very jittery mice, researchers found that the equivalent of 6-8 cups of coffee per day conferred protection from the rodent equivalent of MS. Don't rush off to Starbucks yet, though. More »

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      coffee  • medical breakthrough  • caffeine  • multiple sclerosis  • lab mice

  • June 2008

    • Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

      Reuters  |  Jun 24, 08 5:11 PM CDT

      Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

      (Newser) - Encouraging results in experiments on mice are raising hopes of an effective colon cancer vaccine, Reuters reports. Capitalizing on the fact that the intestines have their own immune system, researchers isolated a protein that occurs only in the gut to create a vaccine. In treated mice, an average of three tumors appeared in the lungs or liver. In unvaccinated mice, the number was 30. More »

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      cancer  • medical research  • cancer research  • colon cancer  • colorectal cancer  • lab mice

  • March 2008

    • Cloned Stem Cells Best for Parkinson's

      Reuters  |  Mar 24, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Cloned Stem Cells Best for Parkinson's

      (Newser) - Scientists have found that embryonic stem cells effectively treat Parkinson's disease in lab mice, but only when the cells come from the sick mouse's own clones, Reuters reports. The study, published in Nature Medicine , created "therapeutic clones" by transferring cell nuclei into mouse egg cells and growing them into the type of brain cells Parkinson's destroys. More »

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      stem cells  • Parkinson's disease  • cloning  • lab mice

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