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Studying how limbs develop – EARA Q&A video

Moisés Mallo, a principal investigator at EARA member the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC), Portugal, features in the latest episode...

Gege Li

Sep 9, 20241 min read

Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients

Using a drug approved for Alzheimer’s, 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

Concerns at unregulated use of antibiotics in research

A study has found that widespread and excessive use of antibiotics, unregulated access to critical drugs, as well as disposal practices...

Bob Tolliday

Sep 9, 20241 min read

New Alzheimer’s drug

A first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that was developed using animal research, has...

Gege Li

Sep 2, 20241 min read

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

New gene target for Huntington’s treatment?

Using 3D brain organoids, researchers have linked a gene with Huntington’s disease for the first time, which may provide a new target for...

Gege Li

Sep 2, 20241 min read

Treating bowel disease using caterpillars

A recent interview has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...

Gege Li

Aug 27, 20241 min read

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

Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain

UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in a mother’s gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 23, 20241 min read

Using parasites to treat disease

By modifying different parasites, researchers have found separate ways to deliver drugs to the brain and develop a more effective vaccine...

Gege Li

Aug 19, 20242 min read

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