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New gene target for Huntington’s treatment?

Gege Li

Sep 21 min

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...

Treating bowel disease using caterpillars

Gege Li

Aug 271 min

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 272 min

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...

Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 231 min

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....

Gege Li

Aug 192 min

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...

Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 191 min

Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision

Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...

Gege Li

Aug 191 min

Accelerating drug discovery in animals

Biotechnology companies are increasingly looking to large-scale animal studies, that can test multiple potential treatments at once, to...

Understanding lung repair after respiratory infection

Georgios Petrellis

Aug 121 min

Understanding lung repair after respiratory infection

Researchers in Belgium have discovered a novel population of immune cells in the lungs that promote regeneration after injury caused...

Reducing mice in cancer research using chicken eggs – video

Gege Li

Aug 121 min

Reducing mice in cancer research using chicken eggs – video

The value of using chicken eggs to study cancer has been highlighted in a recent video , which holds the potential to reduce how many...

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 122 min

Sheep studies on new biomaterials

Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...

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