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Leukemia Drugs Cure Mouse Diabetes

Common cancer treatment sent disease into rapid remission

Reuters Reuters Nov 18, 08 5:37 CST
(Newser) - Two common leukemia drugs prevented or halted mouse diabetes in a new study, Reuters reports. The drugs prevented mice predisposed to Type 1 diabetes from developing the disease, and sent 80% of mice who already had it into remission within weeks. Scientists say the mice maintained normal blood sugar levels even after treatment finished, suggesting the drugs may have somehow reprogrammed their immune systems. More »

More about:  diabetes • immune system • leukemia • blood sugar • lab mice • type 1 diabetes

 Scientists Wipe 
 Mouse Memories 

Treatment selectively erased memories of electric shocks

Reuters Reuters Oct 25, 08 3:41 CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have succeeded in blanking selected memories from the brains of mice, Reuters reports. After brain protein levels were manipulated, the mice lost the memory of an electric shock but didn't forget anything else. The researchers said it was doubtful that it would be possible—or desirable—to do the same with the vastly more complex human brain. More »

More about:  brain • neurology • memory • mice • memory loss • lab mice • mouse

Guzzle Coffee, Prevent Multiple Sclerosis?

Mice who consumed equivalent of 6-8 cups a day were protected

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

More about:  coffee • medical breakthrough • caffeine • multiple sclerosis • lab mice

 Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise 

Colorectal disease spreads more slowly in immunized mice

Reuters Reuters Jun 24, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  cancer • medical research • cancer research • colon cancer • colorectal cancer • lab mice

 Cloned
 Stem Cells
 Best for
 Parkinson's 

Study finds mice's own stem cells most effective vs disease

Reuters Reuters Mar 24, 08 9:00 CDT
(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 »

More about:  stem cells • Parkinson's disease • cloning • lab mice

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