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Insights into malnutrition using animal studies

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 141 min read

Insights into malnutrition using animal studies

Research from the US and Bangladesh, has highlighted that foods which boost gut health could be more beneficial than standard treatments...

Central role of roundworms in Nobel Prize research

Gege Li

Oct 142 min read

Central role of roundworms in Nobel Prize research

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to two researchers who used roundworms in their discovery of microRNAs, which...

Gege Li

Oct 141 min read

Heart rate insights by studying shrews

Researchers have studied the unusually high heart rates of shrews , one of the world’s smallest mammals, which could potentially help...

Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights

Gege Li

Oct 71 min read

Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights

The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...

Gege Li

Oct 71 min read

Reducing mice use with ultrasound

A UK institute has used ultrasound to more accurately pinpoint pregnancy in mice, which could lead to a reduction in the numbers used...

Animal studies used in cure for diabetes

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 71 min read

Animal studies used in cure for diabetes

Research in China, using previous studies in animals, has cured a woman with type 1 diabetes by using stem cells. Type 1 diabetes occurs...

Georgios Petrellis

Oct 71 min read

Game-changer schizophrenia drug

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia – the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...

The European Animal Research Association

Sep 301 min read

EARA Conference 2025 – save the date

We are delighted to announce the first-ever European Animal Research Association (EARA) Conference , celebrating our 10th anniversary...

Top US research prize recognises studies with animals

Gege Li

Sep 301 min read

Top US research prize recognises studies with animals

The 2024 Lasker Awards, recognising fundamental discoveries and clinical advances in human health, have gone to US researchers who used...

Gege Li

Sep 301 min read

Rodent study to treat cataracts

US researchers have used ground squirrels and rats to identify a protein that can reverse cataracts in the eye, which may lead to...

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