HONG KONG - Treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins has been shown to induce partial recovery of bone growth in mouse models of dwarfism, suggesting those agents could be useful for the medical treatment of infants and children with growth disorders such as achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia.
HONG KONG - Treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins has been shown to induce partial recovery of bone growth in mouse models of dwarfism, suggesting those agents could be useful for the medical treatment of infants and children with growth disorders such as achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia.
HONG KONG - Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have identified a small-molecule compound that dramatically inhibited tumor growth in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), representing a promising lead candidate for further investigation as an urgently needed new class of HCC therapy.
HONG KONG – A study by British and University of Hong Kong (HKU) researchers has provided the first direct evidence that reduced genetic diversity is associated with a reduction in virulence of the influenza A virus (IAV) in mice, providing a target for development of new antiviral drugs and a means to improve live attenuated vaccines.
HONG KONG – A study by British and University of Hong Kong (HKU) researchers has provided the first direct evidence that reduced genetic diversity is associated with a reduction in virulence of the influenza A virus (IAV) in mice, providing a target for development of new antiviral drugs and a means to improve live attenuated vaccines.
HONG KONG – A team of Korean researchers has used gene knockout techniques in mice to gain an improved understanding of the role played by the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) in absence seizures, which may lead to the development of effective new treatment methods for that form of epilepsy.
HONG KONG – A team of Korean researchers has used gene knockout techniques in mice to gain an improved understanding of the role played by the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) in absence seizures, which may lead to the development of effective new treatment methods for that form of epilepsy.
HONG KONG – The first human trial of a new vaccine based on virus-like particles (VLPs) suggests it is safe and effective against the rapidly emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, researchers reported in the Aug. 15 early online edition of The Lancet.
HONG KONG – The first human trial of a new vaccine based on virus-like particles (VLPs) suggests it is safe and effective against the rapidly emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, researchers reported in the Aug. 15, 2014, early online edition of The Lancet.
HONG KONG – Researchers here have shown for the first time that during bone formation and growth, cartilage cells or chondrocytes survive and develop into mature osteoblasts, the cells that form new bone, contradicting the long-held tenet that chondrocytes and osteoblasts are separate independently developing cell types.
