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Alzheimer’s protein fights cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that amyloid beta, a hallmark in Alzheimer’s, can strengthen immune responses and reduce tumour growth in mice.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 13, 20251 min read
Mice studies were key for 2025 Nobel Prize research
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three researchers — Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell — for discovering how the immune system is kept in check, based on studies in mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 6, 20252 min read
Tracking Alzheimer's brain alterations in living mice
A team based in the UK and Italy has developed a method to monitor a key brain alteration found in Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of living, freely moving mice using optic fibres.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 6, 20251 min read
Sex is influenced by spinal cord - rodent study
Researchers in Portugal and France discovered that the spinal cord plays a crucial role in sexual behaviour in mice and rats, opening new ways for treating sexual dysfunction in humans.
Inês Serrenho
Sep 29, 20251 min read
Huntington’s disease breakthrough is due to animal research
A prominent gene therapy company has announced a groundbreaking therapy for Huntington’s disease that slowed disease progression by 75% in human clinical trials.
Helena Pinheiro
Sep 29, 20251 min read
Mice study links maternal stress to childhood eczema
Researchers in France have discovered that stress during pregnancy can make the progeny susceptible to develop eczema, in a study using mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Sep 15, 20251 min read
Non-opioid tested in mice and monkeys might ease opioid crisis
Researchers in Japan have tested a new drug that provides powerful pain relief in mice and monkeys, without the dangers of opioids.
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 8, 20251 min read
Transparent mouse scalp opens window into brain development
US scientists have developed a new method that turns the mouse scalp transparent, making it possible to image the living brain during its development.
Inês Serrenho
Sep 8, 20251 min read
Smell loss as an early sign of Alzheimer's — study in mice and humans
Researchers in Germany have found, in a study using mice and humans, that loss of the sense of smell can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s, before cognitive impairment.
Helena Pinheiro
Sep 8, 20251 min read
Mouse study leads to first attempt to repair spinal cord in humans
Researchers in Israel are preparing to test the first-ever implantation of patients’ own spinal cord cells to restore mobility in paralysed individuals — a breakthrough made possible by foundational experiments in mice.
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 1, 20251 min read
Mice study uncovers breast cancer drug side effect
Researchers from Germany and the US have discovered how the breast cancer drug tamoxifen can increase the risk of tumours in the uterus, in a study using mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Sep 1, 20251 min read
AI-designed antibiotics clear drug-resistant infections in mice
Researchers in the US used artificial intelligence to discover two new antibiotics that can clear superbugs in mice infected with MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
Inês Serrenho
Aug 25, 20251 min read
Synthetic uterus enables the first footage ever of an embryo implantation
Spanish researchers captured the first video of a human embryo implanting in a uterus, which could help improve understanding of the natural process and improve fertility and assisted reproduction techniques.
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 25, 20251 min read
Study in mice finds drug that could improve childhood brain cancer treatment
Researchers in Canada have discovered why a group of childhood brain cancers are resistant to radiation therapy in a study using mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 25, 20251 min read
Lithium could reverse Alzheimer's symptoms – study in mice and humans
Researchers in the US found that lithium, a metal naturally present in the brain, could protect and reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, in a study using human samples and mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 18, 20251 min read
From mice and monkeys to first-in-human: new cell therapy for diabetes type 1
A man with type 1 diabetes can now produce his own insulin after receiving a transplant of genetically edited pancreatic cells. The procedure, developed in Sweden and the US, was tested for the first time in a human, following earlier tests in mice and monkeys.
Inês Serrenho
Aug 18, 20251 min read
Not all probiotics help the gut
A study in the US has found that not all probiotic bacteria are beneficial after antibiotic treatment, with some types of probiotics...
Inês Serrenho
Aug 11, 20251 min read
Trauma primes brain to overreact to stress – a study in mice
Scientists in Canada have discovered how previously traumatised mice became overly sensitive to stress and pain long after healing. The...
Inês Serrenho
Aug 11, 20251 min read
Mice study breakthrough in cancer CAR-T cell therapy
Researchers in the US have been able to safely generate CAR-T cells within the body of mice, possibly solving major limitations of this therapy, which revolutionised the treatment of many blood cancers.
Helena Pinheiro
Jul 28, 20252 min read
Solutions for cardiovascular disease from mice gut bacteria
Researchers in Spain identified a molecule produced by bacteria in the gut that could aid in the early diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis, a type of cardiovascular disease.
Helena Pinheiro
Jul 28, 20251 min read
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