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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Monkey study for treating Parkinsonโs
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinsonโs, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Animal study insights into bird flu
Following an outbreak of bird flu in cattle, researchers are trying understand the potential of the disease to cause infection in humans.
Bob Tolliday
Jul 23, 20241 min read
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Tackling memory loss with mice studiesย
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 23, 20241 min read
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Pill hope to treat sickle cell disease
A drug to treat sickle cell disease has performed well in mice and monkeys, overcoming some of the limitations of current treatments.
Gege Li
Jul 15, 20241 min read
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Understanding ageing with blood stem cells
Stem cells, that develop into blood cells, age differently in individual mice, a US study has found, providing new insights into how this...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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Explaining sex differences in pain
Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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New antibiotic to tackle antimicrobial resistance?
US researchers have found a new antibiotic that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in mice, without targeting healthy gut bacteria....
Gege Li
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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How gut bacteria affect health, using mice
Two US studies have used mice to shed light on the remarkable effects of gut bacteria, both on improving cancer treatment and in the...
Gege Li
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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