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Progress in treating diabetes
Animal studies from Australia and the US have developed new ways to manage and effectively treat type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an...
Gege Li
Jun 3, 20242 min read
HIV vaccine approach shows promise
A US strategy for developing a vaccine for HIV, based on training the immune system, is providing hope for an effective future treatment....
Gege Li
May 28, 20241 min read
Sex differences & autoimmune disease
French researchers think that changes to the X chromosome in female mice could explain why women are more likely than men to be affected...
Gege Li
May 24, 20241 min read
Better blood thinning medication
Research from Switzerland and Australia, using tsetse flies, has uncovered a new way to prevent blood clotting that can also be easily...
Nuno Gonçalves
May 20, 20241 min read
Editing heart cells for research
Researchers have used a genetic technique to edit the heart muscle cells of mice, potentially making it a better method of research into...
Gege Li
May 20, 20241 min read
Neuron-sized implant could help restore vision
Researchers have developed a microscopic electrical implant, tested in mice, which holds the potential to restore vision for people who have
Gege Li
May 13, 20241 min read
How the spinal cord can ‘learn’ and respond
Researchers in Belgium, using mice, have uncovered how the spinal cord can learn and memorise responses to possible threats, without needing
Gege Li
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Chlamydia vaccine in human trial success
Following animal studies, an experimental vaccine for chlamydia has been shown to be safe and able to generate an immune response in humans.
Gege Li
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Insights into mouth-stomach connection
The development of the connection between the food pipe and stomach has been described in a study using mice and lab-grown tissues,...
Gege Li
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Mice with human cells shed light on kidney disease
Researchers in Singapore have made advances in understanding kidney disease by using 'organoids', grown from human kidney cells, and...
Nuno Gonçalves
Apr 15, 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
Does gum disease speed up pancreatic cancer?
Gum disease may accelerate the development of pancreatic cancer, a new study in mice has shown, suggesting a direct link between oral...
Gege Li
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Tour of Dutch animal facility highlighted
As part of a series of website blog interviews at Radboud University Medical Center, its animal research facility has opened its doors to...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Blindness from eye disease linked to the gut
Gut bacteria may be the cause of blindness from certain eye diseases, an international study in mice has found. Led by University College...
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Mice study provides new hope for infertility
Researchers in the US are pioneering a technique that could revolutionise in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by creating eggs from skin cells....
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease
A therapy, based on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, has successfully corrected a rare liver disease...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
TB vaccine treats liver cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) can also shrink the tumours of mice with liver cancer and prolong...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Using AI to detect brainwaves
An improved way to detect brainwaves, using artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on animal data, has been developed by Spanish...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Mouse study insights on hearing loss
Researchers in the US have found that excess zinc in the ears of mice contributes to noise-induced hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common...
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Observing the liver through the eye
Researchers in Sweden have found a way to understand and monitor the liver by studying it in a completely different part of the body –...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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