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Mice study uncovers breast cancer drug side effect
Researchers from Germany and the US have discovered how the breast cancer drug tamoxifen can increase the risk of tumours in the uterus, in a study using mice.ย
Helena Pinheiro
Sep 11 min read
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Study in ageing cats offers clues to Alzheimerโs
A new UK study has found that ageing cat brains show similar hallmarks of Alzheimerโs disease in humans.ย
Inรชs Serrenho
Sep 11 min read
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AI-designed antibiotics clear drug-resistant infections in mice
Researchers in the US used artificial intelligence to discover two new antibiotics that can clear superbugs in mice infected with MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
Inรชs Serrenho
Aug 251 min read
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Synthetic uterus enables the first footage ever of an embryo implantation
Spanish researchers captured the first video of a human embryo implanting in a uterus, which could help improve understanding of the natural process and improve fertility and assisted reproduction techniques.ย
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 251 min read
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Study in mice finds drug that could improve childhood brain cancer treatment
Researchers in Canada have discovered why a group of childhood brain cancers are resistant to radiation therapy in a study using mice.ย
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 251 min read
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The Dangerous Precedent of Political Interference in Medical Research in Canadaโฏ
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) expresses deep concern over recent statements by Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding biomedical research involving dogs. โฏย
The European Animal Research Association
Aug 203 min read
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Lithium could reverse Alzheimer's symptoms โ study in mice and humans
Researchers in the US found that lithium, a metal naturally present in the brain, could protect and reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, in a study using human samples and mice.ย
Helena Pinheiro
Aug 181 min read
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Bacterial duo eliminates tumours in mice without help of the immune system
Research from Japan showed that a combination of two naturally occurring bacteria eliminated tumours in mice, even without the assistance of the immune system.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 181 min read
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Position paper on importance of primates in Parkinsonโs research
Researchers across the globe wrote a position paper regarding the critical role of non-human primates (NHP) in advancing Parkinsonโs disease and research on ageing.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 181 min read
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From mice and monkeys to first-in-human: new cell therapy for diabetes type 1
A man with type 1 diabetes can now produce his own insulin after receiving a transplant of genetically edited pancreatic cells. The procedure, developed in Sweden and the US, was tested for the first time in a human, following earlier tests in mice and monkeys.
Inรชs Serrenho
Aug 181 min read
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