«Cani and his team found that genetically obese mice had 3,300 times less A. muciniphila in their intestines
than healthy mice.
When they exposed the treated mice to the influenza virus, the animals recovered from the illness even better
than healthy mice infected with flu that had not undergone the treatment.
Not exact matches
The researchers found that these electric currents were much weaker in eyes from all three strains of diabetic
mice than in
healthy mice.
Tumours in these
mice grew 50 per cent more slowly
than those in
healthy mice, indicating that one extra copy of the gene has a significant effect on tumour growth (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature08062).
When the huntingtin gene is deleted at an age older
than four months, these
mice appeared to stay
healthy, despite having lost their huntingtin genes in cells all over their bodies.
(This makes it impossible for scientists to, say, assign the
healthiest mice or rats to a treatment group, which could make a drug look better
than it is.)
BYE BYE BUDS
Mice that became obese on a high - fat diet (right) lost a quarter of their taste buds (stained red) and also had fewer progenitor cells (stained green)-- which give rise to new taste buds — than mice of a healthy weight on a regular diet (le
Mice that became obese on a high - fat diet (right) lost a quarter of their taste buds (stained red) and also had fewer progenitor cells (stained green)-- which give rise to new taste buds —
than mice of a healthy weight on a regular diet (le
mice of a
healthy weight on a regular diet (left).
Drawing on an odd experimental technique invented more
than a century ago but rarely done now, researchers have found that a blood - borne protein makes old
mouse hearts appear young and
healthy again.
Female
mice are attracted more strongly to the odour of
healthy males
than unhealthy males.
Indeed, researchers have observed that diabetic
mice have a lower level of short - chain fatty acids
than that found in
healthy mice.
Half of the
mice studied, belonging to a genetic line that suffers a form of Crohn's disease were more affected
than the remaining half of
mice, which belong to a
healthy mouse line.
In rodents, differences in life expectancy and morbidity during aging are particularly high: Despite close relationships with regard to genetic aspects, small rodents like
mice or rats live no longer
than two to three years, whereas mole - rats or chinchillas have an average life span of 20 to 30 years while staying comparatively
healthy.
In two independent studies, people and
mice eating diets low in protein were
healthier and tended to live longer
than those eating protein - rich diets.
«In our
mouse experiments, olive oil produced essentially identical effects as Plenish — more obesity
than coconut oil, although less
than conventional soybean oil — and very fatty livers, which was surprising as olive oil is typically considered to be the
healthiest of all the vegetable oils,» said Poonamjot Deol, an assistant project scientist working in Sladek's lab and the co-first author of the research paper.
The
mice with the bacteria from the child with kwashiorkor lost, then gained and lost again, more weight
than the
mice with bacteria from the
healthy twin.
The current study found that
mice meant to serve as a model of ischemic human heart failure (weaker blood flow after a heart attack) had higher levels of activated, pro-inflammatory macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells and T cells trafficking between their hearts and spleens
than did control
mice with
healthy hearts.
Transplanted hearts lasted in four groups of
mice as follows: • 21 days:
mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) placed on a high - fat diet • 51 days:
healthy mice placed on a high - fat diet leading to hyperlipidemia • 61 days:
mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of ApoE on a lower - fat diet • More
than 100 days:
healthy mice placed on a lower - fat diet
A final experiment showed that ebselen boosted SUMOylation in the brains of
healthy mice more
than a control injection.
Both the
healthy mice and the
mice without Narp had three times the number of new cells in the hippocampus after ECT
than the
mice that were given the sham procedure.
Radiographic images of bone implants in a
mouse show that
healthy grafts (a and b) grow much better
than implants from cadavers (c and d).
Implications: Senior author Ann Baldwin, a psychologist and physiologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, says she can not explain why the
mice in the enriched environment were significantly
healthier than their counterparts.
The researchers trapped more
than 800 wild
mice from eight locations across Maryland and the District of Columbia to find
healthy, suitable candidates for a gut microbiota donation.
The knockout
mice and the
healthy littermates will both undergo a battery of more
than 400 phenotype measurements at multiple times during their lives.
The
mouse hind limb model has a higher success rate
than the
mouse tail model and has advantages of having the
healthy contralateral hind limbs as an internal control.
In the process of exploring how the liver's daily cycles work, Panda found that
mice which eat within a set amount of time (12 hours) resulted in slimmer,
healthier mice than those who ate the same number of calories in a larger window of time, showing that when one eats may be as important as what one eats.
And the
mice with the
healthy microbes displayed denser bones and more muscle
than the malnourished
mice.
Thus this post introduces a shocker to most, that what has been touted as
healthy, vegetable oil, is not
healthy as it contains soybean oil which caused more obesity and diabetes
than a diet high in fructose or coconut oil, at least in
mice.
The
mice given omega - 7 also had visibly
healthier arteries at the end of the study
than the other group.
Mice on a 60 % fat diet were far healthier eating IF than ad libitum, but also fitter than mice given a 13 % fat diet as cont
Mice on a 60 % fat diet were far
healthier eating IF
than ad libitum, but also fitter
than mice given a 13 % fat diet as cont
mice given a 13 % fat diet as control.
These trials caused no harm, discomfort or suffering to the
mice — in fact, the
mice receiving the antioxidants lived longer,
healthier lives
than the control
mice.
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