Researchers demonstrate in an animal model that age-related frailty and immune decline can be halted and even partially reversed using a novel cell-based therapeutic approach. …read more Source:: Science
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Genetic brain disorder fixed in mice using precision epigenome editing
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•Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, researchers reversed one gene mutation that leads to the genetic disorder WAGR syndrome, which causes intellectual disability and …read more Source:: Science
Alzheimer’s-like symptoms reversed in mice
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•A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists reverse aging-associated skin wrinkles and hair loss in a mouse model
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•Researchers have reversed wrinkled skin and hair loss, hallmarks of aging, in a mouse model. When a mutation leading to mitochondrial dysfunction is induced, the mouse develops wrinkled skin and …read more Source:: Science
Alzheimer’s disease reversed in mouse model
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•Researchers have found that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, thereby improving the animals’ cognitive …read more Source:: Science
Diabetes drug ‘significantly reverses memory loss’ in mice with Alzheimer’s
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•A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s after scientists found it ‘significantly reversed memory loss’ in mice through a triple method of action. This is the …read more Source:: Science
Insulin resistance reversed by removal of protein
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•By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators was able to reverse diabetic insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mouse models of obesity and diabetes. …read more Source:: Science