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Hereditary & transplant studies of ageing
Studies in France and the US have revealed new insights into accelerated ageing in animals. Researchers in France at IM Projet, Caduceum,...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Nanoplastics linked to Parkinson’s disease
A US study has highlighted a potential environmental factor in Parkinson's disease, using mice combined with other research methods. The...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Cancer treatment for golden retrievers?
A gene in dogs linked to increased lifespan may also lead to cancer treatments for humans and animals. US researchers, at the University...
Gege Li
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Early-life stress alters brain in rats
US researchers have found that early-life stress in rats leads to more significant changes in brain genes than childhood head injuries....
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20231 min read
12-fold increase in animal-to-human disease deaths by 2050
Researchers have called for ‘urgent action’ to stop a rapidly rising number of deaths worldwide from diseases that are transmitted from...
Gege Li
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Modified mice have ‘human-like’ COVID-19 symptoms
For the first time, scientists have developed a genetically altered mouse that can get infected with the form of Covid-19 seen in young,...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Neuroscience awards honour numerous animal researchers
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the recipients of its 2023 Early Career Awards, with several researchers who use animals...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Reducing animal use in lung cancer research
Researchers in Norway have found a way to improve a non-animal method to study lung cancer, which reduces the numbers of animals needed...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant
US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Call to join US openness initiative
An initiative in the US to help bring about a future Transparency Agreement (TA), on the use of animals in research, has been launched....
Bob Tolliday
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals
This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to two researchers whose pioneering work relied on mice to develop messenger RNA (mRNA)...
Gege Li
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Awards recognise research using animals
This year’s prestigious Lasker Awards include scientists who have used animals as part of their research into cancer and eye diseases....
Gege Li
Sep 25, 20231 min read
US campaign highlights animal studies
An innovative US social media campaign, aimed at increasing public support for animal studies, which benefit humans and animals alike,...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 25, 20231 min read
'Inverse vaccine' for autoimmune diseases
US researchers have used mice to develop an ‘inverse vaccine’ with the potential to combat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis....
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Success of pig kidney studies
A series of successful kidney experiments on pigs could potentially help treat diseases and solve organ donation shortages. Researchers...
Gege Li
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Shedding light on dementia using mice
Researchers have found how high blood pressure changes the brain’s arteries, paving the way to develop a possible first treatment for one...
Gege Li
Aug 29, 20231 min read
Naked mole rats & extended lifespan
A possible anti-ageing treatment has been identified, by US researchers, who successfully improved life expectancy in mice using genes...
Gege Li
Aug 29, 20231 min read
Treating alcohol addiction - monkey study
US researchers have found that alcohol addiction could be reversed with a gene therapy that ‘resets’ the brain’s dopamine levels, using...
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Mice with human livers to treat disease
Healthy human livers in mice can be used to better understand and potentially treat various liver diseases, a recent study has shown....
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Protecting infant brains by studying mice
US research in mice has provided insights into how to protect the brain of babies from damage caused by serious infections. A study at...
Gege Li
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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