Organoids & chip alternatives developed
Two recent studies have shown progress in the search for non-animal alternatives to research into blood clotting and the heart. In what...
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Gege Li
- May 9
- 1 min
Human trial for Zika vaccine
A new Zika vaccine has entered clinical trials in the UK, after the drug showed promising results in studies in animals. Researchers at...
Gege Li
- May 9
- 1 min
HIV studies in animals show progress
A team at Scripps Research, California, USA, has developed a vaccine for HIV (a virus that can lead to AIDS if left untreated) which...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 23
- 4 min
Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2022
Ahead of this year’s Be Open About Animal Research Day (#BOARD23), on 15 June, which highlights how the biomedical research community...
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Brain Prize & animal studies
This year’s prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....
Gege Li
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Alpaca antibodies protect crops
Crops can be made resistant to disease by giving them antibodies derived from alpacas. Researchers at the University of East Anglia, UK,...
Gege Li
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Blocking brain diseases in fruit flies
The death of nerve cells in the brain, common in motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia (FTD), can be blocked by feeding fruit flies a...
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...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Why animal research matters – videos
A host of scientists came forward in 2022 to talk to EARA about their use of animals in research and why it is necessary. The Q&A...
Gege Li
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Treatment tackles 'incurable' leukaemia
An experimental drug – originally developed using animal studies – has cleared a UK teenager of her cancer, when standard treatments have...
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 12, 2022
- 1 min
Communications on animal studies
Three institutions have been recognised for their openness in animal research by UK advocacy organisation Understanding Animal Research...
Gege Li
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Animal studies & Covid treatments
Two recent studies have again shown the value of using animals to find treatments and protection against Covid-19. Scientists at the...
Gege Li
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Armadillos, leprosy & liver disease
The bacteria responsible for leprosy can actually help regenerate diseased livers, a UK study in armadillos has found. Armadillos are...
Gege Li
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Gene edited mice to improve research
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell, UK, is looking to fund projects to develop models of genetically altered mice for use in biomedical...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Being sustainable in biomedical research
As debate about climate change and sustainability concludes at COP27, what can the biomedical community do to address these concerns?...
Gege Li
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
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...
Maria Vlastara
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
Fasting & countering inflammation
A study reveals that sending signals of fasting to the brain of mice can help their body combat inflammation. In the study, UK scientists...
Maria Vlastara
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Understanding DMD muscle degeneration
Scientists may have answered how Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) starts to form, using mice. DMD is a disease caused by a genetic...
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