Tag: Mice

New York: A drug used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease has displayed significant anti-cancer effects in both human cell lines and mice, an advance that could lead the way to the drug being re-purposed as an anti-cancer medication, researchers say. The drug — carbidopa — may also explain the low incidence of many cancers […]

London: Mice that are exposed to the smell of cat urine early in life do not escape from cats later and become an easy prey, says a new study. Researchers at Russia’s A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution have discovered that mice which smell cat urine early in life do not avoid the odour and, […]

Pretoria: Researchers have found a molecule that is effective against tuberculosis, says a new study on mice. In the study, the group describes how it worked when tested in vitro and in a mouse model. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). This airborne pathogen tends to infect the lungs and is […]

New York: Researchers have identified a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism, according to a new study on mice. Researchers at Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) in the US discovered a gene that had lower expression in the brains of non-human primates which voluntarily consumed […]

New York: Researchers have found that rats can be baited to or repelled from locations using pheromones found in the scents of other rats. Rats cost the world’s economy more than $300 billion a year. In addition to causing fines and business closures, rats spread disease, start fires and disable motor vehicles. For the study […]