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Animal Models

Could ALS Mouse Models Improve Patient Outlook?
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illustration of anatomy of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting up to 30,000 people in the United States, and another 5,000 people are diagnosed every year. The disease damages and kills motor neurons in the brain and the spinal cord, eventually causing muscle weakness and paralysis. While there is currently no cure for ALS, ...
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Nasal Drugs Prove Promising in Parkinson’s Disease Model
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neurons in parkinson's disease graphic illustration
At this time, there are no medical treatments that cure or slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. While some treatments are available to ease Parkinson’s symptoms, the medical community is in the midst of an urgent search for treatments that effectively slow the disease’s effects. Now, researchers may have had a breakthrough: Recent research published ...
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Npc1 Mouse Models Could Shed Light On a Rare Genetic Disorder
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White mouse on white backdrop
A rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) affects about one in 150,000 people. Rare diseases like NPC are often overlooked in a clinical capacity, leaving sufferers to wade through a frustrating parade of medical mysteries. For quite some time now, researchers have used Npc1 mouse models to mimic the human Npc1 ...
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Could These Animal Models Help Treat Alzheimer’s?
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Brown lab mouse on white surface
Scientists have long used animal models to further their understanding of the human body. But now, researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have used animal models to accomplish something truly extraordinary. Science Daily reports that the researchers successfully used a synthetic thyroid hormone to regulate a gene implicated in neurodegenerative diseases – diseases like ...
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