How pig studies aid biomedical research
EARA has published a feature article on the use of pigs in biomedical research summarising the role they have played in scientific and...
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Gege Li
- Feb 20
- 1 min
A sensor to diagnose gut disorders
US researchers using pigs have developed a sensor that is easy to swallow, which can provide a far less intrusive way to potentially...
Gege Li
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
A vaccine against deadly pig disease
A scientist at EARA member Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, is at the forefront of efforts to find a vaccine against African...
Maria Vlastara
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Child heart transplant breakthrough
A partial heart transplant, previously only performed in pigs, has been successfully conducted in the US on a child. Five-month-old Owen...
Maria Vlastara
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Pig organ transplants in US clinical trials
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to allow clinical trials testing of the transplantation of pig organs into humans....
Ana Barros
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Robot surgeon operates pigs
In a breakthrough for medical surgery, a robot has successfully performed keyhole surgery on pigs without the hand of a human surgeon. At...
Ana Barros
- Jan 17, 2022
- 1 min
Pig-to-human heart transplants
News about the first pig-to-human heart transplant has made headlines across the world, including discussion about the ethics of such a...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Climate change & animal research
Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Injectable heart patch
An injectable patch, used to restore heart function after injury and reduce the need for open-heart surgery, has been developed in animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Pig kidney transplant
US doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from a pig to a human, without triggering rejection. The surgery was the first...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Animal use and Covid-19 research
Researchers have highlighted the critical role that animals played in Covid-19 research in Germany. The team at the German Centre for the...
Ana Barros
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Minipigs for vaccine testing
EARA members, from Denmark and France, have demonstrated how minipigs can help develop and test new vaccines against whooping cough. At...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Heart failure & pig studies
US scientists have created a therapy which can help heart muscle self-repair after a heart attack. The team, at Baylor College of...
Bob Tolliday
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
Humanised pigs
A team of researchers at Iowa State University, USA are creating pigs with human immune cells, to improve study of some medical...
Ana Barros
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
Regrowing bones using animals
Researchers at the Columbia University in New York have found a way to use stem cells from pig fat to grow replacement jaw bones and...
Ana Barros
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Waste food used in eye research
Pig eyes, common waste products of the food industry, are being used by scientists to help improve treatment and research into human eye...
Ana Barros
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
Neuralink pig showcase - video
Elon Musk's Neuralink venture has demonstrated its latest developments in brain implant technology with a live display using pigs. A chip...
Ana Barros
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Growing new livers
Large animals with liver disease are able to grow new livers within their lymph nodes, according to a US study. Liver cells are known for...
Ana Barros
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
How dogs and pigs communicate with humans
A team of researchers at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, have analysed the differences between how dogs and pigs communicate with...
Ana Barros
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Repairing lungs
US researchers have successfully repaired damaged lungs which would otherwise have been rejected for organ transplant. The need for lung...
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