Sentences with phrase «given tamoxifen»

Animals given tamoxifen before the light (right), had almost no cell death.

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Researchers led by Xiao - Jiang Li, MD, PhD and Shihua Li, MD, at Emory University School of Medicine, used genetically engineered mice in which the huntingtin gene can be deleted, triggered only when the mice are given the drug tamoxifen.

When mice ate chow containing tamoxifen (about six to eight times the dose usually given to humans), the microglia didn't overreact and the photoreceptors were spared, the researchers found.

All the mice were given the drug tamoxifen.

The study looked at 2,980 postmenopausal women with DCIS in 14 countries, who were either given anastrozole or tamoxifen for five years after surgery.

They gave some of the rats flutamide, which blocks testosterone from activating receptors in the brain, and gave others tamoxifen, which blocks estrogen receptors, finding that the drugs lessen the anxious behavior in the rats.

This rate compares favorably with hormonal treatments such as tamoxifen given as a preventive measure to women at high risk for breast cancer.

It should be noted that the research team gave the estrogen inhibitor Tamoxifen to some of the mice that had also been treated with natural progesterone.

Tamoxifen (a drug often given to women with breast cancer) has shown no positive clinical results at this point for treating advanced mammary cancer in dogs.

While Sentinel is safe to use in dogs at risk for MDRI - allele mutation (Australian Shepherds, Collies, Shelties, etc.), unless tested normal, caution is advised if your pet is also being given amiodarone (Cordarone), azole antifungals such as ketoconazole, carvedilol (Coreg), cyclosporine (Atopica), diltiazem (Cardizem), erythromycin (Ery - Tabs) or clarithromycin (Biaxin), quinidine, spironolactone (Aldactone), tamoxifen, and verapamil (Calan).