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Mice study suggests metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones
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Mice study suggests metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones

by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Animal characteristics of conventionally raised C57BL/6J mice that underwent either ovariectomy (OVX) or sham (SHM) surgery and fed either a low-fat (LFD) or a high-fat diet (HFD). Final body weight (a) and energy intake (b) at the end of the 12-week study period as well as body weight...

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Mice study identifies action mechanism of a promising drug against Alzheimer’s disease

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.,Dec 9 2020 A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified the action mechanism of a promising compound against Alzheimer’s disease, developed by the team of Medical Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Barcelona. The new drug belongs to a family of molecules that, when bound to imidazole...