Paralyzed mice walk again after just TWO WEEKS of breakthrough gene therapy that regenerates damaged spinal cord nerves with a designer protein Paralyzed mice were able to walk two to three weeks after a new gene therapy Experts stimulated the mice’s nerve cells to regenerate using a designer protein Nerve cells of the motor-sensory cortex … Read more
Three drugs already in circulation have been found to be effective at preventing infection of human cells by the coronavirus, research published today reveals. Experiments on lab-grown mini-lungs implanted in mice looked at which pre-existing drugs stop SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, infiltrating human cells. It revealed drugs called imatinib, mycophenolic acid (MPA) and … Read more
A pair of newly discovered aquatic mice species – with elongated feet and water resistant fur – are amongst the ‘world’s rarest mammals’, a new study found. Researchers from the Field Museum, Chicago, say the mice are native to the remote Congo basin and evaded scientific detection due to political unrest in the area. The … Read more
New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab boosted their antibody levels 90-fold Researchers genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which causes a mild illness in livestock, to become a vaccine The team took out a gene from VSV and inserted the spike protein from the coronavirus, which … Read more
Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS – and a single shot blocked the virus for 7 week Moderna’s vaccine tricks the body into producing some of the viral proteins, which the immune system recognizes and builds a response against mice Researchers gave mice two intramuscular doses, one-microgram each, three … Read more
Maybe you won’t need the gym when they finally reopen! An ‘exercise PILL’ could be on the horizon after scientists find boosting levels of a liver protein mimicked benefits of working out in mice brains Researchers looked at the blood of elderly mice who exercised regularly compared to sedentary aged mice They found elevated levels of … Read more
Reversing physical ageing could be as simple as giving people a treatment that encourages their body to burn fat and promote muscle growth, study finds. Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that ‘could be reversed’. This treatment – which … Read more
Scientists have taught mice to smell an odour that doesn’t exist in order in a study to show how the brain identifies different scents. In experiments on mice, US neuroscientists generated an electrical signature that was perceived as an odour in the brain’s smell-processing centre, the olfactory bulb. Because the odour-simulating signal was handmade, researchers … Read more
A breakthrough that led to the creation of new neurons in mice could be used to transplant brain cells in Parkinson’s patients and cure them of the disease. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers created neurons in mice using a new, much simpler method that involved rewriting genes. Parkinson’s disease is characterised … Read more
Scientists have grown hair on mice using human stem cells in a possible step towards curing baldness. US scientists said they’ve created skin organoids – tiny tissue cultures – from stem cells in a lab dish. These can generate into multi-layered skin tissue with hair follicles, sebaceous glands and neural circuitry when cultured for four … Read more