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Nobel Prize and mice studies
Research with mice to understand the sensations of heat and touch has been recognised in this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Regenerating heart cells
A team at EARA member the Max Planck Institute of Heart and Lung Research, Germany, has shown for the first time, using basic research,...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
New way to fight endometriosis
Research at the University of Oxford, UK, has found a potential new way to fight endometriosis - a disease that causes pain, inflammation...
Ana Barros
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Awards recognise animal research
The role of animals in research has been recognised by one of the most prestigious US medicine awards. This year’s Albert Lasker Basic...
Ana Barros
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Animals in autism research
A special report in Spectrum, detailing how a variety of animal models are used to help improve our understanding of autism, has been...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Fighting cancer with Covid technology
Recent studies have shown that vaccine technology used for Covid-19 has been effective in halting the growth of cancerous tumours in...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Animal studies and new cholesterol jab
A new type of injection to lower cholesterol in the blood has now been approved for use both by EU and the UK. EARA member, Novartis,...
Ana Barros
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Photo prize
An image of blood vessels has won the British Heart Foundation (BHF) prize, celebrating 60 years of research funded by the charity. The...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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...
Ana Barros
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Closure of a lab animal breeder
Scientists in Australia are concerned that the announced closure of the country’s leading breeder and supplier of lab mice and rats will...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Stem cells & Covid and Zika infections
Scientists at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, have discovered a process in mammalian stem cells that can protect against viral...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Mouse embryo growth
Scientists in Germany have replicated the formation of a mouse embryo in a dish, allowing them to analyse its development in much more...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Nerve regrowth drugs
Scientists at EARA member, the University of Padua, Italy, have created a drug treatment that promotes nerve regrowth, which could reduce...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Find treatments for rare disease
After successful tests in mice, scientists from Cima University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, have developed a gene therapy for a rare and...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Mice in kidney disease
Researchers at EARA member the University of Padova, Italy, have found a potential target for early treatment of kidney inflammation...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Antibiotic resistance in mice
Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, have taken a step forward in understanding antibiotic resistance – a...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Treatment for a rare disease
Researchers in Portugal are conducting tests on drugs, already approved for other diseases, to treat a debilitating neurodegenerative...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Animals in neuroscience research
Insights into the use of monkeys and mice in neuroscience research have been highlighted in a video produced by EARA member Ernst...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Lizards & skin cancer
A rare breed of gecko may hold answers about how skin cancer in humans and mammals. The lemon-frost yellow leopard gecko was observed by...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Dissolvable pacemakers
US scientists have developed a dissolvable pacemaker, that offers a short-term solution for patients recovering from heart surgery. The...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 5, 20211 min read
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