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Microrobots remove blood clots in sheep

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed wireless magnetic microrobots that can remove blood clots from hard-to-reach arteries in...

Inês Serrenho

Mar 31 min read

Sheep studies on new biomaterials

Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 12, 20242 min read

‘Living’ replacement heart valves work in sheep

Researchers have developed a synthetic heart valve that can grow new tissue inside the body, paving the way for longer-lasting heart...

Gege Li

Feb 5, 20241 min read

Enzyme therapy for fatal brain disorder

Research in animals has provided key clues for treating infantile Batten disease (CLN1 disease), an incurable brain disorder that can...

Gege Li

Oct 17, 20221 min read

Climate change & animal research

Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...

Ana Barros

Nov 22, 20211 min read

Womb transplants

A feature article in The Scientist has revealed how, in just a decade, research using animals made possible the first human-to-human...

Ana Barros

Sep 13, 20211 min read

Cartilage repair models

UK scientists have created a new way to regrow knee cartilage and improve joint pain in animals with osteoarthritis. In studies, using...

Ana Barros

Oct 5, 20201 min read

Animal studies and Covid-19 origins

Animal experiments, cell studies and computational models are being used by researchers around the world to find the origins of the...

Ana Barros

May 26, 20201 min read

‘Bionic spine’ tested in sheep

Scientists in Australia have developed a ‘bionic spine’. This device has successfully been tested in sheep and will be implanted in three...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20192 min read

Nobel Prize 2015: using animal research to get rid of parasites

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine is shared between William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu, who contributed...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 27, 20162 min read