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Updated diet for lab rodents
Concerns about the diet of mice and rats and the effect this has on research results, has led to sweeping new recommendations by US...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 28, 20211 min read
mRNA malaria vaccine
Scientists have developed an effective vaccine against malaria, using the mRNA technology first seen in the successful Covid-19 vaccines....
Bob Tolliday
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Primates in Covid-19 video
A behind-the-scenes video, at a facility in Louisiana, USA, has highlighted the importance of studies using monkeys in the fight against...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Missing mice in media coverage
Sloppy journalism is leading to a lack of transparency on the reporting of the use of animal models in Alzheimer’s research. A study by...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Pollution & dementia
Scientists from the University of California, Davis, USA, have found a link between air pollution and a higher risk of developing...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Antibody drug & Covid-19
The EU has purchased 55,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19, which significantly reduces the hospitalisation of...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Preventing hearing loss in mice
Exposing ears to near infrared light (NIR) could be a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss, according to studies by German and US...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
Humanised pigs
A team of researchers at Iowa State University, USA are creating pigs with human immune cells, to improve study of some medical...
Bob Tolliday
May 10, 20211 min read
Human-monkey cell research
An important ethical discussion has begun following the US-China scientific collaboration that has grown human cells in a monkey embryo...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
EARA YouTube sci comm series launched
EARA has launched a new video initiative #LetsTalkSciComm, to give tips on how to engage in science communication and approach animal...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Virtual BRAD
Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) takes place this week on Thursday (15 April). Organised by Americans for Medical Progress (AMP),...
Ana Barros
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Heart research & lambs
Using lambs, scientists from the University of Minnesota, USA, have created a new type of artificial heart valve for young patients that...
Ana Barros
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Alzheimer’s studies animal models
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Berlin, have created a gene therapy using mice which could help to treat...
Ana Barros
Apr 5, 20211 min read
Personalised brain grafts
A team from University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, has successfully reduced symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in monkeys by implanting cells...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Gene therapy for chronic pain
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, USA, have created a gene therapy for chronic pain without apparent side effects....
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Brain Prize 2021
The largest annual prize for neuroscience has been awarded to four scientists for their research on migraine studies, using animal...
Ana Barros
Mar 15, 20211 min read
NHP shortage
The New York Times has highlighted the growing fears of the US biomedical community as China's export ban on monkeys, vital for research...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 1, 20211 min read
Covid-19 nasal spray
An antiviral nasal spray treatment for Covid-19, developed by Dutch and US scientists, has been shown to protect ferrets. The spray,...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 22, 20211 min read
China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing
An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 18, 20216 min read
Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine
An article highlighting the implications of the increasing shortages of monkeys for European and US biomedical research, has been...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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