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San Diego Zoo Global Honors Jamie Rappaport Clark for Lifetime Commitment to Endangered Species Conservation
San Diego, California - The president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, Jamie Rappaport Clark, was awarded the San Diego Zoo Global Conservation Medal for Lifetime Achievement today at the annual Friends of Animals luncheon. The award is presented to conservationists who have demonstrated long-term commitment and results in the fight to protect species from extinction.
“Wildling” mice could help translate results in animal models to results in humans
Washington, DC - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health developed a new mouse model that could improve the translation of research in mice into advances in human health. The mouse model, which the scientists called “wildling,” acquired the microbes and pathogens of wild mice, while maintaining the laboratory mice’s genetics that make them more useful for research. In two preclinical studies, wildlings mirrored human immune responses, where lab mice failed to do so. Led by scientists at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the study published online in Science.
Governor Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring El Monte Thai Garment Workers Day
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- Category: California News California News
- Published: 02 August 2019 02 August 2019
Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring August 2, 2019, as “El Monte Thai Garment Workers Day” in the State of California.
Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice
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- Written by Ken Pekoc Ken Pekoc
- Category: Latest News Latest News
- Published: 02 August 2019 02 August 2019
Washington, DC - Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents’ lives, according to a new report in JCI Insight. The scientists used antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), synthetic compounds that inhibit the formation of specific proteins.
NIH enables imaging in lifestyle interventions trial for Alzheimer’s disease
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- Written by Joe Balintfy Joe Balintfy
- Category: Health News Health News
- Published: 02 August 2019 02 August 2019
Washington, DC - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the University of California, Berkeley a grant to capture PET and MRI images of participants in the U.S. Protect Brain Health through lifestyle Intervention to Reduce risk (U.S. POINTER). The NIA grant is for the U.S. POINTER Neuroimaging Ancillary Study and is expected to total $47 million over five years pending availability of funds (NIH grant number R01AG062689).
The fish that didn’t get away
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- Written by John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
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- Published: 30 July 2019 30 July 2019
Edina, Minnesota - A pair of boys will have a spectacular fish story to tell their classmates when they return to school. And, says the Association of Mature American Citizens, they’ll have the video to prove that they indeed did catch a more than six-foot long sturgeon.