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Organoids mimic key kidney functions
Researchers in the US have developed lab-grown kidneys (organoids) that, for the first time, could produce urine when transplanted into mice.
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 20, 20251 min read
Families discover research at the BPRC during the Dutch Weekend of Science
The Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), an EARA Member in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, hosted around 100 visitors during the Dutch Weekend of Science.
Monique Havermans
Oct 20, 20251 min read
Keto diet prevents mood disorders in rats
Researchers in Italy have discovered that feeding young rats a high-fat, low-carbohydrate (ketogenic) diet protected them from behavioural effects of prenatal stress, suggesting that changing nutrition could prevent mood disorders.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 20, 20251 min read
Sour environment helps pancreatic cancer in mice thrive
Researchers in Germany and Austria have discovered that the acidic environment inside tumours plays a key role in promoting cancer survival and growth.
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 20, 20251 min read
Pregnancy turns on aggression on female mice brains
Researchers in Sweden have discovered what changes in the brain of mice that unlock the so-called maternal aggression.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 13, 20251 min read
Alzheimer’s protein fights cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that amyloid beta, a hallmark in Alzheimer’s, can strengthen immune responses and reduce tumour growth in mice.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 13, 20251 min read
Mice studies were key for 2025 Nobel Prize research
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three researchers — Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell — for discovering how the immune system is kept in check, based on studies in mice.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 6, 20252 min read
Tracking Alzheimer's brain alterations in living mice
A team based in the UK and Italy has developed a method to monitor a key brain alteration found in Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of living, freely moving mice using optic fibres.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 6, 20251 min read
Zebrafish larvae could guide cancer therapies
Researchers in Canada were able to mimic children’s response to cancer therapies in zebrafish larvae, which could provide a platform to inform clinical decisions in real-time.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 6, 20251 min read
Gerbils reveal how hearing works
Scientists in the US, in a study using gerbils, have kept tissue from a crucial inner ear organ alive outside the body, creating an unprecedented system that could allow researchers to understand how hearing works and test potential treatments for hearing loss.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 6, 20251 min read
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