Modified mice help explain nicotine addiction
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WASHINGTON - Researchers in California, using genetically modified mice, say they&#39;re closing in on understanding exactly what makes nicotine in tobacco so addictive.
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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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X-Men therapy curbs lager-swilling rodent lifestyle Scientists based in Chile and Colorado have carried out astonishing research which appears to offer a cure for that scourge of modern society - alcoholism in rats.â¦
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Nicotine may help ease some of the debilitating and uncontrollable tremors and twitches caused by Parkinson's disease and its treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.
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An interesting approach to curbing alcoholism is tested on rats.
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Japanese researchers have implanted a  small camera inside a mouse's brain to see how memory is  formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans  to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease.
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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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X Men therapy curbs lager-swilling rodent lifestyle Scientists based in Chile and Colorado have carried out astonishing research which appears to offer a cure for that scourge of modern society - alcoholism in rats.â¦
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A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine&#39;s addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit a life-threatening habit.
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The latest research into the damage smoking could cause suggests the habit may affect your IQ.
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Smoking causes long-lasting changes in the brain similar to changes seen in animals when they are given cocaine, heroin and other addictive drugs, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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A DNA test could spot which smokers have an addictive gene and how best to help them, say scientists.
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Chilean scientists have made a  discovery in the brains of rats that they say may help treat  drug addiction and ease the side effects of some medications.
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A pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking? That was amazing enough to capture headlines this past week. But scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool
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Scientists in China have identified  about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily  addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies  and addiction control.
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Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms
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A new research has revealed that smokers pump out clouds of poisonous toxins, which can be a serious health hazard for those around them.