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EU-Simia conference highlights crucial role of monkeys in research
Close to 100 participants recently took part in the first international conference of EU-Simia, to discuss the crucial role of non-human...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 2, 20242 min read
Mice liver study on multi-organ failure
UK research using mice has revealed that the ageing of cells in the liver can trigger a cascade effect leading to multi-organ failure in...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 25, 20241 min read
Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimer’s
Research from Belgium and the UK, using mice, has shed light on a key mechanism of brain cell death caused by Alzheimer's disease....
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells
UK researchers have used gene editing to alter human brain cells and successfully repair damaged nerves in mice – a potential treatment...
Gege Li
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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 23, 20242 min read
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 2, 20241 min read
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....
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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....
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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 19, 20242 min read
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 12, 20241 min read
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....
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read
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 29, 20241 min read
Tackling memory loss with mice studies
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jul 23, 20241 min read
Progress in treating tuberculosis
Recent animal research has led to new developments in the detection and treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB).
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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,...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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...
Gege Li
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Organ-on-a-chip & liver cancer
UK research, using organ-on-a-chip technology, has led to a better understanding of how human cells behave in liver cancer patients....
Nuno Gonçalves
May 28, 20241 min read
Lab-grown lungs in toxicology testing?
Scientists in the UK have developed human lung organoids that can mimic the responses of a living person to nanomaterial exposure,...
Nuno Gonçalves
Apr 28, 20241 min read
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