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Does gum disease speed up pancreatic cancer?
Gum disease may accelerate the development of pancreatic cancer, a new study in mice has shown, suggesting a direct link between oral...
Gege Li
Mar 28, 20241 min read
First pig kidney transplant to living human
A 62-year-old man with terminal kidney disease has successfully received a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. The world...
Gege Li
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Tour of Dutch animal facility highlighted
As part of a series of website blog interviews at Radboud University Medical Center, its animal research facility has opened its doors to...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Revolutionary pacemaker tested in animals
US researchers have unveiled an ultra-thin, wireless pacemaker powered by light, marking an innovation in the treatment of heart disease....
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Could gene protect against muscle diseases?
Researchers in Sweden have discovered a gene found in the eye muscles that may help in the treatment of a severe muscle wasting disease....
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Cows provide possible solution to insulin supply
US research has revealed that genetically altered cows can produce human insulin proteins in their milk, giving hope of solving the...
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Blindness from eye disease linked to the gut
Gut bacteria may be the cause of blindness from certain eye diseases, an international study in mice has found. Led by University College...
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Wound dressings using mussels and silkworms
Mussels and silkworms may provide an improved alternative to dressing open wounds compared to existing methods, a South Korean study has...
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Drug-resistant bacteria & moth larvae
A treatment that can make antibiotics work again, against drug-resistant bacteria, holds promise to combat the pressing global threat of...
Gege Li
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Mice study provides new hope for infertility
Researchers in the US are pioneering a technique that could revolutionise in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by creating eggs from skin cells....
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Could an animal studies dataset help reduce their use?
After sifting through vast numbers of research studies that used animals, scientists believe they have a basic set of data that could...
Gege Li
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease
A therapy, based on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, has successfully corrected a rare liver disease...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
TB vaccine treats liver cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) can also shrink the tumours of mice with liver cancer and prolong...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Using AI to detect brainwaves
An improved way to detect brainwaves, using artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on animal data, has been developed by Spanish...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Mouse study insights on hearing loss
Researchers in the US have found that excess zinc in the ears of mice contributes to noise-induced hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common...
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 13, 20241 min read
At look back at #BOARD23 – compilation video
Be Open About Animal Research Day #BOARD24, co-ordinated by EARA, will take place on Friday 3 May, and to set the scene for the 24-hour...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Observing the liver through the eye
Researchers in Sweden have found a way to understand and monitor the liver by studying it in a completely different part of the body –...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Understanding how attention works in monkeys – EARA Q&A
In the latest episode of EARA’s #TransparencyThursday series, PhD student Esperanza Domingo Gil, of the Cognitive Neurophysiology...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
The dramatic impact of the Ebola vaccine
The recent vaccine for the Ebola virus can protect people from dying, even if they already have the disease before being vaccinated,...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Reversing antibiotic resistance in mice
UK researchers have successfully used a virus-based therapy to fight off infections from multi-drug-resistant bacteria in mice, marking...
Gege Li
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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