Turning off gene makes mice smarter
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Turning off a gene that has been  associated with Alzheimer&#39;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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Silencing genes with RNA interference has reduced cholesterol levels in mice in a significant step towards human use. RNA interference, discovered quite recently, is a process that stops the translation of genes into proteins.
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Researchers say they have eliminated leukemia cells in mice by shutting off a molecule necessary for the cancer cells&#39; survival.
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Rett syndrome can be substantially reversed in mice by correcting the errant gene, new research suggests.
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Scientists identify a gene which controls the body's ability to repair the nerve damage inflicted by diseases like multiple sclerosis.
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Cells critical to sperm development have been grown in the lab and used to father baby mice, US researchers say. They said the development could lead to easier ways to genetically manipulate animals, and said
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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
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Experiments with mice indicate that the genetics of Down syndrome aren&#39;t as simple as has been thought, Johns Hopkins University researchers report.
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Altering a single gene can turn ordinary mice into marathon racers that can run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat, researchers say.
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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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Genetically engineered mice outperform their naturally bred brethren
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Researchers in California have managed to turn off the MYC gene and thus allowing liver cancer cells to revert to being normal healthy.
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Scientists believe they have discovered a gene which plays a critical role in the development of sperm.
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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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NEW YORK  - Certain genes are known to  promote cancer, and one such "oncogene" called MYC is commonly  activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now  shown, in mice, that when the MYC gene is turned off, liver  cancer cells become normal.
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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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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 28: A new study conducted by Washington University School of Medicine suggests that genetic variations in a protein in the brain of mice, the absence of which makes them react to stress differently.