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Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

Gege Li

Oct 23
1 min

Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...

Gege Li

Jul 24
1 min

The role of a protein in immunity & TB

Scientists in Ireland, using rats, have shed light on the effect a protein has on the immune system to impair its response to...

Gege Li

Jun 22
1 min

Treating eye conditions

Irish researchers have developed a new approach to treat glaucoma, tested first in mice and monkeys. Glaucoma affects around 80 million...

How the gut affects the brain, using mice

Gege Li

May 15
1 min

How the gut affects the brain, using mice

In a Q&A interview for the European Parliament, a leading neuroscientist has highlighted how signals between gut bacteria and the brain...

Gege Li

Jan 16
1 min

Unexpected function in immune system

Researchers have found, using studies in human cells and mice, that a protein may give greater insights into how to treat autoimmune...

Gege Li

Nov 14, 2022
1 min

Shedding light on sleep and diseases

Several recent studies in mice have helped our understanding of sleep and how it is linked to stress and diseases such as Alzheimer's. A...

Ana Barros

Dec 6, 2021
1 min

EARA at Oxford webinar

An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...

Ana Barros

Aug 16, 2021
1 min

Gut bacteria rewind ageing brain

Scientists at University College Cork, Ireland, have shown the effect that bacteria in the intestine can have on behaviour and brain...

Twitter ambassadors needed in Germany and Ireland

Ana Barros

Feb 28, 2020
1 min

Twitter ambassadors needed in Germany and Ireland

The European Animal Research Association is looking for Twitter ambassadors in Germany and Ireland. An EARA Twitter ambassador is...

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