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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
The origin of language and memory
Researchers from the Newcastle University, UK, have found a link between the development of communication and memory in human and primate...
Ana Barros
Feb 8, 20211 min read
US poll on animal research
Three recent public opinion polls held by the Foundation of Biomedical Research (FBR), US, show that acceptance of animal research in the...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 1, 20211 min read
Ben Stiller & free event on MND
An online US event looking at the path to a new treatment for ALS (or MND), based on a patient story, takes place next week. Hosted by...
Ana Barros
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Animal studies & blindness
US scientists have found a potential treatment for blindness in patients with retinal disorders, that affect around 200 million people...
Ana Barros
Jan 25, 20211 min read
US rodent numbers row
A paper estimating the numbers of mice and rats used annually in US research has been strongly challenged within the biomedical research...
Ana Barros
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Inhaled vaccines
Scientists at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA, have identified a new way to deliver a vaccine by aerosol rather than...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Monkeys for Covid-19 research
US researchers have confirmed the importance of using rhesus macaque monkeys as models in Covid-19 research, in a recent study. The...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 11, 20211 min read
UK schoolchildren part of fly experiment
Schoolchildren in the UK have joined a global experiment run by Stanford University, USA, and the University of Oxford, UK, using fruit...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Feature: Making vaccines safe - animal testing plays a vital part
While basic research using animals gave scientists a greater understanding of the Covid-19 virus, such as its structure and genetic...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 22, 20205 min read
Parkinson’s dyskinesia drug
A new drug, which combats a side effect of a common Parkinson’s disease treatment, is entering clinical trials after successful studies...
Ana Barros
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Animal research & autism
Scientists in the US are using mice and zebrafish to help understand some of the symptoms experienced by people with autism, caused by a...
Ana Barros
Nov 30, 20201 min read
EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation
A joint report by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 18, 20204 min read
Monkey shortage for Covid-19 research
EARA has taken action to support the biomedical sector over the growing shortage of purpose-bred macaque monkeys, used in Covid-19 and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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