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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, 20231 min read
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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...
Gege Li
May 9, 20231 min read
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Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2022
Ahead of this yearโs Be Open About Animal Research Day (#BOARD23), on 15 June, which highlights how the biomedical research community...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 23, 20234 min read
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Brain Prize & animal studies
This yearโs prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....
Gege Li
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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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 13, 20231 min read
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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
Mar 6, 20231 min read
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Clues to ageing hearts in animal studies
A mutated gene, found in some people over the age of 100, can โrewindโ the biological clock of a mouseโs heart by a decade. The research,...
Gege Li
Feb 6, 20231 min read
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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...
Gege Li
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Feature on research animals โ mice
EARA has published a feature article outlining how and why mice are used in scientific research, and the main areas that involve these...
Gege Li
Jan 9, 20231 min read
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Why animal research matters โ 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...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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Treatment tackles 'incurable' leukaemia
An experimental drug โ originally developed using animal studies โ has cleared a UK teenager of her cancer, when standard treatments have...
Gege Li
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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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 21, 20221 min read
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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, 20221 min read
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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
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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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, 20221 min read
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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...
Gege Li
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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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?...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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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
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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 10, 20221 min read
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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...
Maria Vlastara
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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