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Innovative electrode for brain repair
Researchers in Canada using mice, have developed a device which holds the potential to improve the treatment of debilitating brain...
Gege Li
Jan 27, 20251 min read
Greater understanding of voluntary movements in monkeys
An Italian study in monkeys has shed light on how the brain controls natural movements and challenges some existing theories on how the...
Gege Li
Jan 27, 20251 min read
Detecting brain tumours in mice with 'molecular flashlight'
An ultra-thin light probe that reaches deep into the brain could provide a non-invasive way to detect chemical changes caused by tumours...
Gege Li
Jan 6, 20251 min read
Article on German neuroscientist paints a balanced picture
German national magazine Der Spiegel has published an informative and sympathetic article on Andreas Kreiter (pictured), a...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Insights into opening blood-brain barrier with ultrasound
A Spanish study using monkeys has shed light on how sound waves can deliver drugs to the brain, for diseases such as Alzheimer’s,...
Gege Li
Nov 25, 20241 min read
Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?
A study by US researchers suggests that the similarities in how the brains of pet cats and humans age could help us understand more...
Georgios Petrellis
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimer’s
Research from Belgium and the UK, using mice, has shed light on a key mechanism of brain cell death caused by Alzheimer's disease....
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells
UK researchers have used gene editing to alter human brain cells and successfully repair damaged nerves in mice – a potential treatment...
Gege Li
Oct 21, 20241 min read
Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights
The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Game-changer schizophrenia drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia – the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients
Using a drug approved for Alzheimer’s, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read
New Alzheimer’s drug
A first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that was developed using animal research, has...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
New gene target for Huntington’s treatment?
Using 3D brain organoids, researchers have linked a gene with Huntington’s disease for the first time, which may provide a new target for...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
Treating bowel disease using caterpillars
A recent interview has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain
UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in a mother’s gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 23, 20241 min read
Using parasites to treat disease
By modifying different parasites, researchers have found separate ways to deliver drugs to the brain and develop a more effective vaccine...
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Monkey study for treating Parkinson’s
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinson’s, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Parkinson’s patients learn more about research with monkeys
People with Parkinson’s have had the opportunity to learn more about biomedical research on the condition, involving the use of monkeys,...
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20242 min read
US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease
Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...
Nuno Gonçalves
May 7, 20241 min read
The role of immune cells in Alzheimer's
Mice with transplanted human brain cells may provide an improved way to study the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Researchers,...
Gege Li
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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