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Single dose microparticles polio vaccine success in rats
Researchers in the US have developed a type of microparticle, that can deliver and release vaccines at set times, to create a single dose...
Georgios Petrellis
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Pig organ transplants in US clinical trials
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to allow clinical trials testing of the transplantation of pig organs into humans....
Maria Vlastara
Jul 31, 20221 min read
Delivering drugs to the eye without pain
Scientists have successfully tested in rabbits, a new method to deliver drugs into the eye with a tear-soluble contact lens. The research...
Maria Vlastara
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Clues to treatment for Hepatitis A
Scientists are closer to creating an effective drug against Hepatitis A, following research using mice. Hepatitis A is an ancient viral...
Maria Vlastara
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Treating obesity - mice study
Scientists have found a new approach to treating obesity in mice. Eating disorders are one of the most common causes of a variety of...
Maria Vlastara
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Embryo abnormalities - mice study
Scientists, using mice, have identified a gene that plays an important role in embryo development. Researchers at the University of...
Maria Vlastara
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Breast cancer imaging study
A new imaging method has been developed, using mice, to allow surgeons to identify breast cancer cells more accurately. The researchers...
Maria Vlastara
May 23, 20221 min read
Peptides plan to treat brain tumours
Using mice and cell models, scientists have revealed a new treatment for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Glioblastoma...
Maria Vlastara
May 16, 20221 min read
Continuing research on Covid-19 using animals
Two new studies using mice and hamsters are continuing in the effort to understand and deal with Covid-19. Researchers at (see video),...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
Toxicity testing without using animals
An article by leading scientists argues that any transition to non-animal methods in toxicology testing will need ‘a new paradigm for...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
New strategy to prevent clogged arteries
Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, has found a new way to prevent clogged arteries. Atherosclerosis – a condition...
Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Lung diseases in mice
An international team of scientists has developed a potential treatment for two life-threatening lung conditions. Researchers at the...
Ana Barros
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Muscle strength & animal models
Studies using mice and zebrafish, in Germany and the US, are giving insights into muscle strength and wastage in the study of muscular...
Ana Barros
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Treatment to eliminate cancer tumours
A treatment produced by US researchers can eliminate late-stage cancer tumours in mice in as little as six days. The treatment is...
Ana Barros
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Brain Prize winners
The 2022 Brain Prize has been awarded to an international group of researchers for their pioneering work on how the nervous system...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
First heart & thymus transplant
A baby has received a combined heart and thymus transplant in pioneering surgery at Duke University Hospital, North Carolina, USA. Easton...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Virtual events in March
An event on Culture of Care and Responsible Research is taking place virtualy this week. Hosted by the University Hospital Jena, Germany,...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Neuralink response
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has said that claims that monkeys were mistreated during research are ‘misleading’. Neuralink, and the California...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Controlling brain activity
US scientists have been able to activate cells in the brain using sound waves, in a move that could benefit treatment of conditions such...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
EARA global membership
EARA has welcomed three new organisations this month to its membership and also begun a new phase in its progress. EARA is now accepting...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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