New, improved mouse model of human Alzheimer's may enable drug discovery
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have developed a transgenic mouse that carries a human gene known to increase risk of Alzheimer's 15-fold. This new mouse mimics the genetics of the human disease more closely than any of the dozen existing mouse models and may prove more useful in the development of candidate drugs to prevent or treat the disease.