UMass Researchers Announce Birth Of Genetically Modified Cloned Calves
...d animals were born in the mid-1980s, and included rabbits cloned by Robl and Stice at the University in 1987. Although cattle were also cloned in the mid-1980s, recently cattle have been reported to be cloned from cultured fetal germ cells. The animals were not genetically modified and required a second clo...First Evidence That Localized Arthritis Gene Therapy Heals Distant Diseased Joints
...s in both knees of 32 rabbits. One daylater, some rabbits received the gene for the receptor to TNF" in one ...ee. (The second knee served as a control). Other rabbits received the gene for the receptor to IL-1 in one diseased knee. A third group of rabbits received ...Penn Researchers Invent World's First Device To Rapidly Assess Lung Function
... been conducted on thepulmonary function of normal rabbits with the MMIMS/MIGET methodusing small blood sampl...ubject's lung function was obtained. Because both rabbits andhumans have the same basic mammalian physiology, researchers areconfident that the findings will ...Ecological Consequences Of Jasmonate-Induced Responses For Plants In Native Populations
...babilities of attack from herbivores (primarily rabbits and the larvae of the tobacco specialist, Manduca sexta).The lifetime production of viable seed was measured from all plants to determine the fitness consequences of jasmonate induction. The results strongly support the cost-benefi......tedat Wistar by Dr. Kritchevsky on cholesterol-fed rabbits is more impressive. Not only did CLA reduce the amount of atherosclerosis, it also eliminated someof the fat already there, thus potentially reducing pre-formed atheroscleroticplaques. The Wistar Institute, established in 1892, was the first ind...Transplanted Skeletal Muscle Mimics Heart Muscle; Helps Failing Heart Pump, Duke Researchers Say
...ry similar to a human heart. "Unlike some animals, rabbits have heartattacks just like people," Taylor said. ... The researchers injected the damaged hearts of 12 rabbits with 10million muscle cells. In seven of the 12, the cells took up residence and beganstretching and...ASU Professor Helps In Fight To Protect Japanese Pika Habitat
... an old saying, most people may never suspect that rabbits couldever end up on the endangered species list, but an Arizona State Universityprofessor says, guess again. Lagomorphs -- rabbits, and their cousins, hares and pikas-- are beingthreatened worldwide. "Twenty-five percent of lagomorph species areendan...Duke Scientist Reports Advances In Gene Therapy For Heart Failure
... injectedthe virus into the left ventricle of live rabbits while the aorta was clampedfor a few seconds. This allowed the virus enough time to spread through all thecoronary vessels. Clamping the aorta is sometimes used in human heart surgery,Koch said, making this gene delivery method feasible. In p...Suppression Of Natural Fires Harms Squirrels
...s around Anderson's residencewere reproducing like rabbits and doubling their weight during the summermonths, just like hibernating animals are supposed to. Sherman and Gavin quickly pinpointed the cause of the populationexplosion: Seed-starved squirrels were eating kibble the rancher left outdoor...Experimental Staph Vaccine Broadly Protective In Animal Studies
...elusive molecule and injected it intorabbits. The rabbits produced large amounts of PNSG antibodies that persistedfor at least eight months. The researchers then injected the PNSG antibodiesinto mice and exposed them to eight different strains of S. aureus, includingstrains resistant to the antibiotic meth...Gene treatment can boost heart function in rabbits, Duke researchers say
... injected the virus into the leftventricle of live rabbits while the aorta was clamped for a few seconds. Thi...When researchers injected the drug intoboth normal rabbits and rabbits with the additional ßARs, they found the rabbithearts with the additional ßA...New research illustrates role of CETP in atherosclerosis
...eliminary studies of AVANT's CETP vaccine, treated rabbits exhibited an increase in the levelof HDL and significantly fewer atherosclerotic lesions in their blood vessels compared to untreatedrabbits, which showed no increase in HDL levels and developed significant blood vessel lesions. InJune of 1999, AVANT...A relative of smallpox is first virus found to invade cells as HIV does
...that causes a rapid AIDS-like immune deficiency in rabbits -- hones in on chemokine receptors called CCR5 and CXCR4, reports a research team led by a UC San Francisco scientist. The research is published in the December 3 issue of Science. Both viruses can dock with CCR5 or CXCR4 for successful invasion, ...Past climate change effects on mammals may mirror global warming impact
...e species such as yellow-bellied marmots and pygmy rabbits became extinct at Homestead Cave and today only can be found in cooler, moister parts of the Great Basin, he said. Others, including bushy-tailed woodrats, Great Basin pocket mice and sage voles, disappeared and did not return to the area until the ...Rapid size change in introduced fruit fly indicates it is evolving as it invades North America
...c species such as African walking fish in Florida, rabbits in Australia and kudzu throughout the southeastern United States decimating native species and upsetting ecosystems. Until now, biologists studying these events have not seriously considered evolution as part of the strategy used by invading species....Radiating relief: Researcher combats stubborn arthritis with neutrons
...umatoid arthritis. She is testing the technique on rabbits and hopes to test it on humans in a few years. Yan..., Inc., are trying their technique on the knees of rabbits with induced rheumatoid arthritis. Early results are promising. "We have very clear evidence that we...Researchers learn how degradation of proteins changes muscles during exercise
DALLAS - March 17, 2000 - Sedentary white rabbits have given UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dalla...are constantly contracted." Because the laboratory rabbits are normally sedentary, when a selected fast-twitch muscle wasstimulated to contract continuously, i...EPA, OSHA and CPSC accept non-animal system for screening chemicals' skin corrosiveness
...ct skin of a laboratory rabbit. Several thousand rabbits have been used each year in the old test, according to one estimate. Under ICCVAM=s sponsorship, a scientific panel performed a scientific review of the test and recommended it last year to the regulatory agencies. The panel said the new meth......is involves studying individual muscle fibers from rabbits and relating that to the back and forth hand motions of human volunteers. He has even teamed up with Full to look at cockroach muscle fibers, hoping that their single motor unit will be easier to study than human muscle, with its hundreds or thousand......declined in the area since the removal of cover by rabbits and stock, and because of increased predation by cats and foxes. Plans to reintroduce the Sandalwood Tree (Santalum spicatum) are also underway. This species has declined from being over-harvested in the last 100 years....