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Tricking the body to lose weight - mice study
The effectiveness of current medications for weight loss and diabetes could be improved by ‘tricking’ the body’s metabolism, a study in...
Gege Li
Mar 17, 20251 min read
New genetic clue to obesity in dogs and humans
Scientists in the UK have discovered small changes in the DNA of Labrador dogs, also found in humans, that could lead to more effective...
Inês Serrenho
Mar 17, 20252 min read
Tiny organism could help reduce effects of cancer radiation therapy
A protein produced by tardigrades, a microscopic organism, holds the potential to reduce the effects of radiation therapy for cancer...
Gege Li
Mar 17, 20251 min read
Alternative to antibiotics in ground-breaking mice study
Research in Israel may open the door for future treatments that are an alternative to antibiotics, in the fight against drug-resistant...
Inês Serrenho
Mar 10, 20251 min read
Mauritius breeder highlights importance of research monkeys – video
EARA member Bioculture Group , a Mauritius-based breeder and exporter of cynomolgus macaque monkeys for biomedical research, has...
Gege Li
Mar 10, 20253 min read
Award for cancer neuroscience using mice
The 2025 Brain Prize has gone to two researchers who used mice in their ‘revolutionary’ research linking the brain and cancer. Frank...
Gege Li
Mar 10, 20251 min read
Microrobots remove blood clots in sheep
Researchers in the Netherlands have developed wireless magnetic microrobots that can remove blood clots from hard-to-reach arteries in...
Inês Serrenho
Mar 3, 20251 min read
Cancer risk determined before birth? – Mice study
An individual’s lifetime risk of cancer may be established before they are born, a study in mice has suggested. Researchers, led by EARA...
Gege Li
Mar 3, 20251 min read
Breaking down mercury pollutants using fruit flies and zebrafish
Researchers in Australia have genetically engineered fruit flies and zebrafish to break down a highly toxic form of mercury and turn it...
Gege Li
Mar 3, 20251 min read
Innovative treatment for eye disease – rat study
Canadian researchers have developed a more effective and longer-lasting treatment for glaucoma eye disease, in a study with rats. ...
Inês Serrenho
Feb 24, 20251 min read
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