In the race to end diseases of every shape and size, it is not just the scientists we have to be grateful for. Thanks to animal models who provide scientists and medical teams with invaluable, vital information on how diseases progress and how unconventional medicine can have a substantial effect on these diseases that can be life changing... we have the hope of living in a world where the word incurable is no longer spoken. From autoimmune diseases that are yet to boast of a cure to brain disorders with no new medications released in a decade and even cancer, animal models are providing science and the year ahead with a promising start to eradicate symptoms of disease and soon, perhaps, the diseases themselves.
Naturally Occurring Protein Offers Possibility in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis and Psoriasis Disease Courses
Scientists have found a link between the naturally occurring protein tristetraprolin and significant decreases in inflammation. Otherwise known as TTP, this protein was increased in study mice and the results reveal that an increase in TTP either protected against or decreased the inflammation in the mice tested. This may mean that drug development involving increasing TTP production in humans with diseases like MS, RA and Psoriasis may see a reduction in inflammation and significantly improved disease courses when TTP is increased.
New Hope For Dementia Patients and Families
Great strides have been made quite recently in the fight against Alzheimer's. Microglia, an immune cell, has been found to be more widely present in Alzheimer affected brains than healthy cells. Because of this, scientists recreated Alzheimer-like conditions in laboratory mice to find that when they were given CSF1R, a blocker of microglia, the mice showed a significant improvement in memory, function and behavior. This is some of the first real results to show that there are indeed unique pathways that make up the Alzheimer's brain and that there may be new ways to treat it, maybe even cure it, very soon.
Breast Cancer Cure on the Horizon
Nanotechnology has cured end-stage breast cancer in mice and not only is it radically impressive... the astounding data means human trials are set to begin within the year. In 11 days, tumors were eradicated... gone. That is not only overwhelmingly promising but almost mirroring the pages of science-fiction novel. If the same results are shown in human trials, science may have finally cracked the cancer code and we may be the generation to see cancer finally wiped clean from the world we live in for good. Recommended resource for more details.
Animal models allow us to test life saving medicines in a controlled environment, many of which will some day make it to your pharmacy or hospital and change the lives of those we love with debilitating diseases. We owe a great deal of gratitude to these creatures who are changing the way we live by making our lives healthier and giving those with no cure yet hope knowing that someday we will find a cure for what ails them... and that someday may be much sooner than any of us could ever have imagined.
Naturally Occurring Protein Offers Possibility in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis and Psoriasis Disease Courses
Scientists have found a link between the naturally occurring protein tristetraprolin and significant decreases in inflammation. Otherwise known as TTP, this protein was increased in study mice and the results reveal that an increase in TTP either protected against or decreased the inflammation in the mice tested. This may mean that drug development involving increasing TTP production in humans with diseases like MS, RA and Psoriasis may see a reduction in inflammation and significantly improved disease courses when TTP is increased.
New Hope For Dementia Patients and Families
Great strides have been made quite recently in the fight against Alzheimer's. Microglia, an immune cell, has been found to be more widely present in Alzheimer affected brains than healthy cells. Because of this, scientists recreated Alzheimer-like conditions in laboratory mice to find that when they were given CSF1R, a blocker of microglia, the mice showed a significant improvement in memory, function and behavior. This is some of the first real results to show that there are indeed unique pathways that make up the Alzheimer's brain and that there may be new ways to treat it, maybe even cure it, very soon.
Breast Cancer Cure on the Horizon
Nanotechnology has cured end-stage breast cancer in mice and not only is it radically impressive... the astounding data means human trials are set to begin within the year. In 11 days, tumors were eradicated... gone. That is not only overwhelmingly promising but almost mirroring the pages of science-fiction novel. If the same results are shown in human trials, science may have finally cracked the cancer code and we may be the generation to see cancer finally wiped clean from the world we live in for good. Recommended resource for more details.
Animal models allow us to test life saving medicines in a controlled environment, many of which will some day make it to your pharmacy or hospital and change the lives of those we love with debilitating diseases. We owe a great deal of gratitude to these creatures who are changing the way we live by making our lives healthier and giving those with no cure yet hope knowing that someday we will find a cure for what ails them... and that someday may be much sooner than any of us could ever have imagined.
