Sentences with phrase «done in mouse models of the disease»
Most Alzheimer's research and drug development are done in mouse models of the disease.
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In humans, α - synuclein would not necessarily turn out to be equally aggressive — mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases do not mimic human disease very closely — but scientists are taking the possibility seriously.
However, Dr. Kissler's group discovered that reducing levels of the RGS1 protein did not slow the progression of the disease in mouse models, suggesting that it may not offer much potential for human treatment.
In mouse models of the disease, tau tangles didn't form after the plaques appeared.
A very large number of changes have been discovered in HD model mice and then subsequently observed in human HD patients, suggesting the mice are useful research tools, even if they don't really have Huntington's disease.