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12-fold increase in animal-to-human disease deaths by 2050
Researchers have called for โurgent actionโ to stop a rapidly rising number of deaths worldwide from diseases that are transmitted from...
Gege Li
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Modified mice have โhuman-likeโ 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 Gonรงalves
Nov 6, 20231 min read
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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
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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
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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 Gonรงalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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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
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Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals
This yearโs 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
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Awards recognise research using animals
This yearโs 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
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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
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'Inverse vaccine' for autoimmune diseases
US researchers have used mice to develop an โinverse vaccineโ with the potential to combat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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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
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Shedding light on dementia using mice
Researchers have found how high blood pressure changes the brainโs arteries, paving the way to develop a possible first treatment for one...
Gege Li
Aug 29, 20231 min read
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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
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Treating alcohol addiction - monkey study
US researchers have found that alcohol addiction could be reversed with a gene therapy that โresetsโ the brainโs dopamine levels, using...
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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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
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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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Scientific coalition addresses research monkey challenges
A coalition of 40 organisations, including EARA, has recently presented a set of recommendations to address the global supply shortage of...
Gege Li
Aug 7, 20231 min read
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Mice studies & Alzheimerโs treatments
Recent studies in mice have shown progress in the understanding and treatment of Alzheimerโs disease. Researchers at the University of...
Gege Li
Aug 7, 20231 min read
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Mice studies & Huntingtonโs disease
A gene involved in Huntingtonโs disease has been identified that could counteract the effects of the disease. Huntingtonโs disease is...
Gege Li
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Hidden benefits of diarrhoea vaccine
A vaccine for treating a bacterial infection that commonly causes diarrhoea, may help babies grow faster, recent US research into monkeys...
Gege Li
Jul 24, 20231 min read
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