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Prairie voles display signs of human-like depression

Researchers make the case that prairie voles, small rodents that are found throughout the central United States and Canada, can be effectively used as animal models to further the study of clinical depression.

Treatment with anti-inflammatory proteins following heart attack shows promise to reduce the risk of further heart damage

Research into the protective effects of two anti-inflammatory molecules, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF 1) and Heligmosomoides polygyrus TGM (HpTGM), following heart attack found that both proteins reduced the inflammatory response within the injured heart and reduced mature scarring. Anti-inflammatory therapy to treat patients following acute myocardial infarction is an exciting prospect that deserves further translational studies, report investigators.

An hereditary liver disease cured with the help of gene scissors

Researchers have succeeded in correcting a gene defect that causes a hereditary liver disease and its adverse effects on cells.

New cause of asthma damage revealed

Cells lining the airways are squeezed to destruction, setting up a cycle of harm, lab studies suggest.

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Prairie voles display signs of human-like depression

Treatment with anti-inflammatory proteins following heart attack shows promise to reduce the risk of further heart damage

An hereditary liver disease cured with the help of gene scissors

New cause of asthma damage revealed

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