Mice genetically engineered not to produce a key cytokine (TNF - alpha) fared no
better than normal mice during infections.
Not exact matches
These
mice performed
better than their
normal counterparts on learning tests
well into old age, and their brains did not exhibit the decline in neurogenesis typically seen in aged
mice.
Normal mice saw benefits, too: Muscles and pancreas cells healed
better in middle - aged
mice that got rejuvenation treatments
than in
mice that did not.
And because
mouse embryo cells with inactivated copies of BRCA2 are more sensitive to ionizing radiation
than normal cells are, «it's a reasonable extrapolation» that breast cancers with mutated copies of the gene may be especially
good candidates for radiation therapy.
The
mice appear younger and more robust
than comparably - aged
normal mice, have
better muscle tone, and do not develop age - related tumors.
The transgenic
mice gave birth to fewer offspring
than their
normal relatives, which fits
well with the evolutionary theory that there is a trade - off between longer life span and fertility.
The quest for
better opioids got a much - needed jolt in 1999, when researchers at Duke University showed that
mice lacking a protein called beta - arrestin 2 got more pain relief from morphine
than normal mice did.
At 14 months, however, the J20 / caspase -2 null
mice did significantly
better in the water maze test
than the J20
mice and similarly to the
normal mice.
The older
mice fed a diet containing extra amounts of vitamin E, the equivalent to about 200 IU / day consumed by humans — about 10 times the Recommended Daily Allowance but
well below the upper limit — were far more resistant to the bacteria
than the older
mice that had a
normal amount of vitamin E in their diet.
When the researchers induced wounds in these
mice, they found that the
mice without TSP2 healed significantly
better and faster
than other
mice that had diabetes along with
normal levels of TSP2.
According to one study,
mice that had been supplemented with maca for five weeks showed far
better coordination, spatial learning and memory
than those fed a
normal diet.
In this article, we show that
mice without any gut flora may be
better off
than those with
normal gut flora.