All Articles Tagged As: transgenics

Researchers create first transgenic prairie voles (12/2/2009)

Researchers have generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The technology will enable scientists to perform a host of genetic manipulations that will help identify the brain mechanisms of social bonding and other complex social behaviors. It also have important implications for understanding and treating psychiatric disorders associated with impairments in social behavior. ...> Full Article

Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients (11/11/2009)

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have used tissue engineering techniques to completely replace penile erectile tissue in rabbits. This is the most complete replacement of penile erectile tissue to date and suggests the possibility of using the same approach for men with erectile dysfunction or conditions that require reconstruction, including penile cancer and congenital abnormalities. ...> Full Article

Salamanders, regenerative wonders, heal like mammals, people (7/5/2009)

The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain. ...> Full Article

Iran's First Cloned Goat (4/17/2009)

Iran's first cloned goat was born on April 15th, 2009, 1:30 am at Isfahan campus of Royan Institute by cesarean section in a healthy condition. ...> Full Article

MPs back hybrid embryo research (5/23/2008)

K scientists were granted the right to create hybrid animal embryos last night ...> Full Article

Transgenic Goats' Milk Helps Fend off E. coli-related Illness in Pigs (4/27/2008)

Pigs fed goats' milk that was genetically modified to carry an important antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk showed signs of better resisting attack by common E. coli bacteria than did pigs fed unmodified goats' milk without the human enzyme ...> Full Article

Beating Heart Created In Laboratory: Method May Revolutionize How Organ Tissues Are Developed (1/15/2008)

University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. ...> Full Article

New Red Fluorescent Protein Used to See Inside Living Animals (8/27/2007)

A new red fluorescent protein-derived from a brilliant red sea anemone purchased in a Moscow pet shop-can reveal body tissues more vividly than other fluorescent proteins in use today. The Russian researchers who developed the new protein said it can render cancers and other target tissues easily visible in living animals, making them glow like Christmas bulbs. ...> Full Article

Step Toward Synthetic Genomes (7/2/2007)

For the first time, researchers have replaced the whole genome of a bacterial cell with the genome of a closely related species. In a study published Thursday 28 June by the journal Science at its Science Express Web site, Carole Lartigue and colleagues describe how they transplanted the genome - in the form of naked DNA, virtually free of protein - and effectively turned one species of bacteria into another. ...> Full Article

Researchers Develop ALS Mouse Stem Cell Line (4/19/2007)

A team of Harvard researchers has used embryonic stem cells, derived from mice carrying a human gene known to cause a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to create an in vitro model of the always-fatal neurodegenerative disease. Harvard Stem Cell Institute principal investigator Kevin Eggan and Tom Maniatis, the Thomas H. Lee Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, are the senior authors of the study published on-line April 15 by Nature Neuroscience. ...> Full Article

Cow eggs fused with human DNA (11/8/2006)

Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have applied for permission from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in Great Britain for a three-year license to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. ...> Full Article