Group Unveils Genetically Engineered Mice
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Researchers on Monday unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the "genetic doping" of elite athletes a small step closer.
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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By altering a gene, scientists have produced "marathon mice" with more muscle, less fat, and twice the endurance of regular mice. The find could lead to new anti-obesity drugs.
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Mice which can run almost twice the distance of normal mice have been genetically engineered by US scientists. &quot;This is the first animal engineered for increased endurance,&quot; says Ronald Evans of the Salk Institute
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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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A research team in Texas used a common antiretroviral drug to halt the transmission of HIV in lab mice engineered to behave like humans
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Scientists have completed a detailed genetic map of the mouse brain that they hope will spur new insights into how the brain works and what happens when it breaks down.
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University of Pennsylvania researchers have figured out how to produce a continuous supply of sperm stem cells from mice, a technique that could one day be used to save endangered species or treat infertility in men.
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Researchers have taken ordinary skin cells from a mouse and reprogrammed them to look and act like embryonic stem cells in a long-promised experiment that provides an alternative way to get the valued and controversial cells.
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Cat and mouse may never be the same. Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself.
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Using genetic manipulation, Japanese scientists develop a mouse that shows no fear of cats. The study could offer insights into the nature of mammalian fear.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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Altering a single gene turned  ordinary mice into marathon racers that could run for hours and  eat huge amounts of food without getting fat, a team of  researchers reported on Monday.
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Scientists have used a genetic technique to cut cholesterol in mice in a groundbreaking way which could one day be used to treat a range of human illnesses.
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AMERICAN researchers have unveiled genetically engineered mice that they say can run further 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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Three teams of scientists said yesterday they had coaxed ordinary mouse skin cells to become what are effectively embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos in the process -- an advance that, if it works with human cells, could revolutionize stem cell research and quench one of t...
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Scientists have tested in mice an experimental vaccine for malaria that does not provide immunity but aims to stamp it out in whole regions by eradicating the disease-causing parasite from mosquitoes that spread it.