New mouse model unlocks drug testing of hormone-sensitive human breast cancer
Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and an international team of collaborators have generated mice with an improved hormone …
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‘Humanized’ mouse model selects better match for organ transplant
A “humanized” mouse model equipped with the immune system of a patient who needs an organ transplant beats current measures …
Scientists model ‘true prevalence’ of COVID-19 throughout pandemic
Government officials and policymakers have tried to use numbers to grasp COVID-19’s impact. Figures like the number of hospitalizations or …
Statistical model helps predict when high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes will occur
One of the promises of new methods of personalized medicine is that individual risks for diseases can be assessed using …
Model identifies risk of serious complications following surgery
Heart attack, kidney failure, stroke. These are just a few of the life-threatening complications that patients are at risk for …
Joint radionuclide therapy-immunotherapy approach effective in prostate cancer model
A combination of radionuclide therapy and immunotherapy has proven successful in slowing the progression of prostate cancer and increasing survival …
Naomi Sims’ Legacy: Entrepreneurship, Inclusion and Black Is Beautiful
Naomi Sims’ legacy as one of the first Black supermodels continues to resonate more than a decade after her death. …
Researcher develops town-level model for COVID-19 in Connecticut
UConn professor of geography Peter Chen has published a study in the January 2021 issue of the International Journal of …
Gene therapy strategy found effective in mouse model of hereditary disease TSC
Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of noncancerous tumors in multiple organs of the …
COVID-19 unmasked: Math model suggests optimal treatment strategies
Getting control of COVID-19 will take more than widespread vaccination; it will also require better understanding of why the disease …
Computational model reveals how the brain manages short-term memories
If you’ve ever forgotten something mere seconds after it was at the forefront of your mind—the name of a dish …
Woman with rare brain disease who was wrongly sectioned is now a model
Four years ago, Lucy Dawson was a student at the University of Leicester, studying criminology, with dreams of joining the …
Dynamic calculation model could significantly improve colon cancer diagnosis
Interval cancer is the term used for colorectal cancer that develops after a screening colonoscopy but before the scheduled follow-up …
Researchers test a comprehensive model intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths in hard-hit communities
National Institutes of Health and other federal leaders outlined their vision for a groundbreaking study that will aim to address …
3-D brain-like tissue model links Alzheimer’s disease with herpes
Engineers and scientists led by Tufts University used a three-dimensional (3-D) human tissue culture model mimicking the components and conditions …
Mechanical engineers develop tumor model that more closely mimics the body
There is a growing appreciation within the research community for the ways in which the biomechanics of the tumor environment …
A mouse model of prostate cancer bone metastasis in a syngeneic immunocompetent host
The Research Team reports the establishment of B6Ca P, an allograft tumor line from a Hi-Myc transgenic mouse that had …
Restoring protein homeostasis improves memory deficits in Down syndrome model
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, and currently there is no effective treatment. Memory deficits …