MICE STUDY

Feb 02 2025SCIENCE

The Journey of a Toxin:How Aflatoxin B 1 Moves from Mats to Young Mice Without stopping.

The liver is an absolute powerhouse. it keeps your entire body working together. And when that liver is troubled a common animal liver injury of mice, has root or milk. And a well-known toxin---Aflatoxin B1 - (AFB 1 ) can achieve incredible feats it is an expert at infiltrating livestock through poisoned feed. But it doesn't stop there. Intriguing studies denote th...

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Jan 15 2025HEALTH

Esterified Octacosanol: A New Weapon Against High Cholesterol in Mice

Scientists are digging into a potential new way to fight high cholesterol in mice. They took a close look at lauric-acid-esterified octacosanol (LEO) and oleic-acid-esterified octacosanol (OEO). These are modified versions of octacosanol, a substance found naturally in foods like wheat germ and rice bran. The goal was to see if these modified versions could do a bett...

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Jan 14 2025HEALTH

Saving Mice from Radiation: A New Hope with TRAIL Agonists

Radiation therapy can cause serious side effects, like lung damage, skin issues, and even problems with the esophagus. This happens because of how the body's natural defenses react to the treatment. Scientists wanted to see if drugs that mess with a specific part of these defenses, called DR5, could help. They found two promising drugs, TLY012 and ONC201, that did ju...

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