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Pig liver filters blood through human body

US researchers have connected a pig liver, outside the body of a brain-dead patient, to filter blood successfully - marking another...

Gege Li

Jan 31, 20241 min read

Podcast on brain research – Q&A video

The latest episode of EARA’s Talk SciComm Q&A series features the Neuroscience and Beyond podcast, created and hosted by Svilen Georgiev...

Gege Li

Jan 30, 20241 min read

Bringing emotion to openness about animal research – Berlin event

An event aimed at empowering researchers, animal welfare officers, communication personnel, and institutions in biomedical sciences, in Germ

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 30, 20242 min read

‘Nanobots’ shrink bladder tumours in mice

A new way to deliver drugs to dramatically reduce cancerous bladder tumours in mice, has been used in a Spanish study. The research, led...

Gege Li

Jan 22, 20241 min read

EPA scraps plan to end mammal testing by 2035

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ditched its controversial plan to phase out all use of mammals, to test the safety of...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 22, 20241 min read

Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?

UK researchers are uncovering a possible link between the microbiome and the most common cancer in children, and will first study mice to...

Gege Li

Jan 22, 20241 min read

Brain organoids to 'revolutionise' neurosciences

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue, offering a groundbreaking approach to studying...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 22, 20241 min read

New treatment to prevent sepsis

Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 15, 20241 min read

Infant heart transplant success

A baby boy who underwent pioneering heart surgery in 2022 is now a thriving toddler, doctors have reported.

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 15, 20241 min read

New insights into cocaine addiction

Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 15, 20241 min read

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