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Child heart transplant breakthrough

A partial heart transplant, previously only performed in pigs, has been successfully conducted in the US on a child. Five-month-old Owen...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 19, 20221 min read

Improved technique to study the bladder using mice

Researchers have developed an improved technique to observe bladder function in mice without the need for anaesthesia. The team from EARA...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 19, 20221 min read

Toxicity testing without using fish

Swiss and Dutch scientists are working on a four-year project to replace the use of fish in toxicity testing. The project has received...

Bob Tolliday

Sep 12, 20221 min read

An insulin pill to treat diabetes?

Researchers in Canada have successfully tested in mice.a way to treat diabetes with a pill. Now there is hope that patients with diabetes...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 12, 20221 min read

New drug hope for Chagas disease

Scientists have found a possible new drug to treat Chagas disease, after successful trials in both mice and monkeys. Chagas disease is...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 12, 20221 min read

Breakthroughs in synthetic mouse embryos

Scientists have created mouse embryos from stem cells, that have developed a brain and a heart, without using either eggs or sperm. The...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 5, 20221 min read

New treatment for rare brain disease

A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...

Maria Vlastara

Sep 5, 20221 min read

Phase-out roadmap petition on animal testing

A wide-ranging petition calling for greater controls on animal testing and a roadmap to phase it out in the EU has passed its first...

Bob Tolliday

Sep 5, 20222 min read

Article explores dilemmas in EU animal research policy

An in-depth article has explored the fundamental contradictions at the heart of EU policy towards the use of animals in biomedical...

Bob Tolliday

Aug 29, 20222 min read

Insights into how a rare disease develops

Using studies in mice and patients, researchers have discovered what triggers a rare, severe autoimmune disease. ANCA-associated...

Bob Tolliday

Aug 29, 20221 min read

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