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Animal studies & Covid-19 organ injury

A study in mice has identified ways to reduce the damage done to organs by the Covid-19 virus. Covid-19 can sometimes cause a severe...

Gege Li

May 15, 20231 min read

Monkeys are vital in US biomedical research

A report by US scientific experts has confirmed the necessity of non-human primates (NHPs) in research and called for a national strategy...

Bob Tolliday

May 15, 20231 min read

How plastic particles can affect the brain

Researchers have found out how tiny plastic particles in the environment can enter the brain after being eaten, based on a study in mice....

Gege Li

May 15, 20231 min read

Alzheimer’s drugs slow disease

A drug for treating Alzheimer’s disease, developed thanks to animals, has shown encouraging results in a clinical trial. Donanemab is a...

Gege Li

May 9, 20231 min read

Podcast: animal researcher & trauma studies

A Swiss researcher has featured in a podcast describing her research on trauma using mice. Neuroscientist Professor Isabelle Mansuy...

Gege Li

May 9, 20231 min read

Human trial for Zika vaccine

A new Zika vaccine has entered clinical trials in the UK, after the drug showed promising results in studies in animals. Researchers at...

Gege Li

May 9, 20231 min read

HIV studies in animals show progress

A team at Scripps Research, California, USA, has developed a vaccine for HIV (a virus that can lead to AIDS if left untreated) which...

Gege Li

May 9, 20231 min read

Film highlights the need for monkeys in brain research

EARA member the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience, Germany, has released a documentary film highlighting the essential...

Gege Li

May 2, 20231 min read

Eye disease treatment for blindness

US researchers, from Harvard Medical School and the biotechnology company Life Biosciences, have developed the first treatment for an eye...

Gege Li

May 2, 20231 min read

‘Game changer’ 3D maps of mice

German researchers have developed a technique to reveal, in incredible detail, the bodies and brains of mice, opening up a new way to...

Gege Li

May 2, 20231 min read

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