EARA video on cancer research studies
The latest episode of EARA’s #TransparencyThursday Instagram series features Dr Tommaso Virgilio, a cancer researcher at the Institute...
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Gege Li
- Feb 20
- 1 min
How the brain senses hot and cold
Identifying a part of the brain in mice, that detects hot and cold temperatures, may help to better understand disorders related to...
Gege Li
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Scientific awards and animal research
Two prestigious prizes have praised the work of scientists, in Switzerland and Canada, whose significant discoveries used animals in...
Gege Li
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Liver disease and animals
Several US research groups have found new information about one of the most common liver diseases, based on studies in mice....
Gege Li
- Feb 6
- 1 min
Clues to ageing hearts in animal studies
A mutated gene, found in some people over the age of 100, can ‘rewind’ the biological clock of a mouse’s heart by a decade. The research,...
Gege Li
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Human throat cells & cancer in mice
A mutation in the throat cells of middle-aged people appears to reduce cancer of the oesophagus in mice, according to new research. A...
Gege Li
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Drug reactions between the sexes
The sex of a mouse can determine how their organs can be affected by certain hormones and drugs, according to studies at the University...
Gege Li
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Treating eye disorders using animals
Two studies in the US have uncovered new ways to study and treat conditions of the eye, based on research in mice, monkeys and zebrafish....
Gege Li
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Retrieving ‘lost memory' in mice
An asthma drug can help mice to retrieve memories that they otherwise cannot recall, Dutch scientists have found. Researchers at the...
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
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Feature on research animals – mice
EARA has published a feature article outlining how and why mice are used in scientific research, and the main areas that involve these...
Gege Li
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Treating Chikungunya virus
A potential drug to treat an incurable mosquito-borne virus has been developed and tested in mice, with plans to start clinical trials...
Gege Li
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Animal studies & skin cancer treatment
A treatment, which makes use of a patient’s own immune system, has shown promising results against an aggressive type of skin cancer. In...
Gege Li
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Sex differences in disease
The reason men and women experience disease and react to drugs differently is more complex than we think, according to a new study in...
Gege Li
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
A mini brain microscope for mice
A mini microscope that can be mounted on the heads of mice to record their brain activity is set to be a ‘game changer’ for studying...
Gege Li
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Potential treatments for severe asthma
An inflammatory molecule appears to be the cause of airway damage in severe asthma, a new US study in mouse and human tissue has found....
Gege Li
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Tumours in mice grow faster at night
The ability of an animal’s immune system to fight cancer is dependent on the time of day, according to new research using mice....
Gege Li
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
How the foetus can ‘self-repair’ wounds
Damage to the protective sac that surrounds a foetus in the womb can be repaired in part by the foetus itself, a new study in humans and...
Gege Li
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Brain & breathing ‘closely linked’
Using animal and human brain imaging studies, researchers have revealed how the act of breathing can shape the brain. A study led by...
Gege Li
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
Lab animal monitoring for better science
An EU initiative to improve the home cage monitoring of rodents used for research has published a report on its first year of progress....
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