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Mice and rabbit insights into restoring sight
Recent animal studies in Austria and the US have provided new insights into restoring sight and treating retinal problems and blindness....
Gege Li
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?
A study by US researchers suggests that the similarities in how the brains of pet cats ย and humans age could help us understand more...
Georgios Petrellis
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Horseshoe crabs to be replaced in essential US medical testing
Following a change in US policy, aย test that usesย the blood of horseshoe crabs can now be replaced by a synthetic alternative. The blood...
Gege Li
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Heart attack insightsย using mice
Three different US studies in mice have given insights into heart attacks, including how to repair heart tissue and the benefits of sleep...
Gege Li
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Understanding resistanceย to Covid-19 in bats
US researchers have gained insights into how bats resist getting ill from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Bats can be...
Gege Li
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Insights on herpes infections, using mice
Two different studies, from the USA and Brazil, have used mice infected with herpes viruses to understand more about viral infections, as...
Gege Li
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Insights into malnutrition using animal studies
Research from the US and Bangladesh, has highlighted that foods which boost gut health could be more beneficial than standard treatments...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 14, 20241 min read
Central role of roundworms in Nobel Prize research
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ย has gone to two researchers who used roundworms in their discovery of microRNAs, which...
Gege Li
Oct 14, 20242 min read
Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights
The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Game-changer schizophrenia drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia โ the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Top US research prize recognises studies with animals
The 2024 Lasker Awards, recognising fundamental discoveries and clinical advances in human health, have gone to US researchers who used...
Gege Li
Sep 30, 20241 min read
Rodent study to treat cataracts
US researchers have used ground squirrels and rats to identify a protein that can reverse cataracts in the eye, which may lead to...
Gege Li
Sep 30, 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 worldโs most challenging health problems โ ...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Understanding what makes us sneeze and cough
US research, using mice, has examined which neurons in our airways trigger different sneezing and coughing reflexes. Sneezing and...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients
Using a drug approved for Alzheimerโs, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 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
Insights into treating long Covid
US studies, using animals, have uncovered new information about the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the health complications it can...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Accelerating drug discovery in animals
Biotechnology companies are increasingly looking to large-scale animal studies, that can test multiple potential treatments at once, to...
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Sheep studies on new biomaterials
Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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