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The dramatic impact of the Ebola vaccine
The recent vaccine for the Ebola virus can protect people from dying, even if they already have the disease before being vaccinated,...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Reversing antibiotic resistance in mice
UK researchers have successfully used a virus-based therapy to fight off infections from multi-drug-resistant bacteria in mice, marking...
Gege Li
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Mice and organoid study for ALS
Research from Germany, using brain organoids and mice, could bring forward new drug therapies for a fatal brain disease. Amyotrophic...
Nuno Gonçalves
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Insights into wound healing using mice
Two studies using mice, in the UK and US, have revealed new ways to heal injuries without leaving scars. Research at EARA member the...
Gege Li
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease
Researchers in Germany, using gene editing, have corrected an exaggerated immune response that is a key feature of a rare childhood...
Gege Li
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Mice study reveals breast cancer treatment
Research in mice has uncovered a new drug that halts the growth of triple-negative breast cancer. This type of breast cancer is an...
Nuno Gonçalves
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Reducing stress in mice in drug testing
Scientists at EARA Member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a new method of giving drugs to mice for research...
Nuno Gonçalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance
The discovery of a virus, that kills ‘sleeping’ bacteria, may be another key player in the fight against antibiotic resistance, a Swiss...
Gege Li
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Skin patch to monitor tumour growth
Researchers in Taiwan have developed a skin patch that can measure tumour size in mice and send the data to a smartphone. The study, from...
Nuno Gonçalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
‘Nanobots’ shrink bladder tumours in mice
A new way to deliver drugs to dramatically reduce cancerous bladder tumours in mice, has been used in a Spanish study. The research, led...
Gege Li
Jan 22, 20241 min read
Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?
UK researchers are uncovering a possible link between the microbiome and the most common cancer in children, and will first study mice to...
Gege Li
Jan 22, 20241 min read
New treatment to prevent sepsis
Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
New insights into cocaine addiction
Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Potential vaccine for high cholesterol
US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Mouse study reveals new cancer insights
Researchers in France have made a groundbreaking discovery revealing that specific cells surrounding tumours influence the body’s...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Role of hormones in pregnancy morning sickness
Scientists in the UK have identified high levels of a particular hormone as a significant factor in severe morning sickness. Hyperemesis...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
New insights into stroke recovery
Swedish researchers have successfully treated mice and rats so that they regain sensation following a stroke, even several days after it...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Gene editing tool gives hope for infant disease
US researchers have developed a new gene editing method to combat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), using genetically altered mice. SMA is a...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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