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Antibodies against neurological diseases

Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...

Ana Barros

Aug 24, 20201 min read

Lionfish venom for Alzheimer's study

Researchers in Mexico are using venom found in lionfish spines to understand how neurons in the brain are affected during Alzheimer’s...

Ana Barros

Aug 24, 20201 min read

Personality changes in zebrafish

German scientists have shown, that by selective breeding of zebrafish, distinct personality traits occur both in behaviour and also brain...

Ana Barros

Aug 17, 20201 min read

Zebrafish & brain disorders

A maze experiment has shown that zebrafish could be a useful model for human performance in decision-making tasks. Researchers from the...

Ana Barros

Aug 10, 20201 min read

Insights in spine evolution

Research from Duke University, USA, has revealed zebrafish as a useful model to study human spinal defects, such as scoliosis. By...

Ana Barros

Jul 27, 20201 min read

Heart regeneration & zebrafish

Israeli scientists have gone a step further in understanding how zebrafish can heal their own hearts. The team at the Weizmann Institute...

Ana Barros

Jul 27, 20201 min read

Zebrafish & regenerative medicine

Two separate studies, using zebrafish, are helping to give greater insights into how cells regrow in different parts of the body. At...

Ana Barros

May 26, 20201 min read

Animal study wins Science Magazine dance contest

An annual global contest that challenges researchers to explain their PhD through dance, has been won by a researcher in Portugal...

Ana Barros

Mar 2, 20201 min read

Zebrafish helping to understand hearing loss

Hearing loss is the most common birth defect and the most common sensory impairment in humans and it has been estimated that a large...

Ana Barros

Feb 5, 20201 min read

The Research Animals That Have Made A Difference

Over the last 40 years, every Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine but one has depended on work using animals. From modern vaccines that...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20195 min read