Reducing mice use with ultrasound
A UK institute has used ultrasound to more accurately pinpoint pregnancy in mice, which could lead to a reduction in the numbers used...
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Gege Li
Sep 232 min
Monoclonal antibodies tackle major health threats
Studies from the UK and US have shown how antibodies are being used against some of the world’s most challenging health problems – ...
Gege Li
Sep 21 min
New Alzheimer’s drug
A first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that was developed using animal research, has...
Gege Li
Sep 21 min
Healing wounds with roundworms
Proteins produced by parasitic roundworms could offer a better way to heal skin wounds without leaving scars, a new US study has found....
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 231 min
Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain
UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in a mother’s gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....
Gege Li
Aug 192 min
Using parasites to treat disease
By modifying different parasites, researchers have found separate ways to deliver drugs to the brain and develop a more effective vaccine...
Gege Li
Aug 121 min
Reducing mice in cancer research using chicken eggs – video
The value of using chicken eggs to study cancer has been highlighted in a recent video , which holds the potential to reduce how many...
Gege Li
Aug 51 min
How diabetes damages blood vessels
Organoids derived from people with diabetes have shed light on how the condition damages blood vessels, in a study using stem cells....
Nuno Gonçalves
Jul 291 min
Spinal cord research using chicken embryos
Research with chicken embryos and human stem cells, to understand more about conditions like spina bifida, has used 3D printed sensors to...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jul 231 min
Tackling memory loss with mice studies
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Gege Li
Jul 82 min
Progress in treating tuberculosis
Recent animal research has led to new developments in the detection and treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB).
Nuno Gonçalves
Jul 11 min
Mice study offers new hope for skin disease
Research from the UK using genetic therapy and mice studies has uncovered a potential treatment to reverse a rare skin disease....
Nuno Gonçalves
Jun 171 min
Video on dog breeding for research
A video has been published showcasing the well-being and regulations involved in the breeding of dogs for scientific research in the UK,...
Gege Li
Jun 31 min
Treating bone cancer with immunotherapy
A new type of immunotherapy, based on engineered immune cells, has successfully treated mice with bone cancer, raising the possibility...