Shutting down disease-causing gene can lower cholesterol in mice
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Scientists have shown they can reduce cholesterol levels in mice by shutting off a disease-causing gene with a technique called RNA interference.
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Statin drugs proven to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease. Statins may also help slow down the AIDS virus.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 11: A new research conducted by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, suggests that turning off just one cancer-causing gene is enough to eliminate aggressive, incurable liver tumors in mice in just four
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Wake Forest University scientists have identified a gene that may be responsible for up to 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Pinpointing the PTPN1 gene could help researchers develop new therapies and provide
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SCIENTISTS at Stanford University have discovered an antibiotic capable of turning off cancer cells in mice. It could offer hope to cancer treatment in future.
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Scientists have found a gene variant that may be responsible for 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Wake Forest University researchers have pinpointed the gene called PTPN1.
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WASHINGTON - California researchers fiddled with a single gene to create mice hypersensitive to nicotine, pointing to a single molecule partly to blame for nicotineâs addictive allure.
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Reducing the levels of a certain protein may be as powerful a tool in preventing cardiac-related death as lowering cholesterol.
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Loss of a tumor suppresser gene called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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Some people have a genetic variation that may help them resist the human form of mad cow disease, a study in mice suggests.
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A gene encoding a protein that appears to be a biological switch has been linked to a form of Parkinson&#39;s disease and could provide insight into halting molecular events that spur the illness.
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People with Down's syndrome suffer  cancer less than most other people and a study in mice  published on Wednesday gives one possible explanation -- they  produce higher levels of a certain protein.
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A mutated gene named Bik can shrink or kill tumors in the pancreas of mice, US researchers said in a study published Monday, offering hope for one of the deadliest human cancers.
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A rare genetic mutation may help explain why some people get hit with a triple whammy of high blood pressure, cholesterol and a tendency
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A gene that helps to stave off the effects of multiple sclerosis has been discovered by scientists.
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Researchers have discovered a gene mutation which prevents otherwise healthy carriers from feeling pain.
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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.