Turning off gene makes mice smarter
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Turning off a gene that has been associated with Alzheimer's disease made mice smarter in the lab, researchers said on Sunday in a finding that lends new insight on learning and may lead to new drugs for memory problems.
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Ordinary mice can be turned into marathon racers that run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat by altering a single gene, according to US and Korean scientists.
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Researchers have unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the âgenetic dopingâ of elite athletes a small step closer to reality.
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Genetically altered mice that are  unusually sensitive to nicotine may help scientists nail down  exactly how people become addicted to smoking, U.S. researchers  said on Thursday.
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Scientists created a genetically modified mouse with no fear of felines and then put it in a room with a cat. What happened next...?
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Scientists in the United States have genetically engineered mice which can run twice as far as normal before becoming exhausted. The researchers say their finding could lead to drugs or gene
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Scientists have taken an important step towards a new way of treating disease by switching off key genes.
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A common antibiotic is able to turn off cancer cells in mice, offering hope of new treatments, say researchers.
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Researchers on Monday unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the &quot;genetic doping&quot; of elite athletes a small step closer to reality.
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Gene therapy might one day be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, new experiments in mice suggest.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A gene that's normally switched off after fulfilling its role in brain development appears linked to a common childhood brain cancer, says a study in the Feb. 1 issue of Cancer Research.
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California geneticists have created a &quot;marathon mouse&quot; that can run twice as far nongenetically altered mice, and eat ravenously without growing fat.
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US scientists have mapped a key network of gene &quot;switches&quot; in the brain which could aid neurological research. These gene regulators govern whether parts of the brain develop properly.
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Rett syndrome can be substantially reversed in mice by correcting the errant gene, new research suggests.
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Cancer cells can revert to harmless cells by switching off a single gene, shows a study of liver cancer in mice. The gene, which produces a protein called MYC - pronounced âmickâ - usually controls cell division.
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Mice engineered to lack a stress-related brain protein appear to become depressed in stressful situations, providing insight into a possible source of human depression.
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Increasing the activity of a single gene turns a mere rodent into Mighty Mouse, according to a new study. California scientists have genetically engineered an animal that has more muscle, less