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Innovative gel helps muscle cells grow - mice study
UK researchers have successfully grown human muscle tissue within mice using a gel-based transplant method. The team atย Queen Mary...
Inรชs Serrenho
5 days ago1 min read
Reducing blood pressure and anxiety in mice
US researchers have identified brain cells (neurons) in mice that, when activated with light, can significantly reduce both blood...
Nuno Gonรงalves
5 days ago1 min read
How dogs are used in research - EARA feature
EARA has updated itsย feature article ย about the use of dogs in biomedical research with recent case studies and video. The latest EU...
The European Animal Research Association
5 days ago1 min read
Reducing animal use in innovative antibody testing
A breakthrough technology developed in Switzerland couldย drastically reduce ย the number of animals needed for safety testing of...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 311 min read
Microbiome scent has effect on fruit fly growth
Researchers in South Korea have discovered that gut bacteria can emit airborne scents that helpย the growth of fruit flies. While it is...
Gege Li
Mar 311 min read
Introducing school pupils to primate studies
UK researchers working on monkey behavioural studies were among the presenters at anย EU science event , in Brussels, attended by 5,000...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 311 min read
Insights into how the brain computes
Using computer modelling and animal studies researchers in Germany have found that rhythmic patterns in brain cell circuits play a...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Mar 241 min read
Breakthrough Ebola drug tested in monkeys
An experimental pill that blocks the Ebola virus from multiplying in the body has successfully treated monkeys with the infection,...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 242 min read
Tricking the body to lose weight - mice study
The effectiveness of current medications for weight loss and diabetes could be improved by โtrickingโ the bodyโs metabolism, a study in...
Gege Li
Mar 171 min read
New genetic clue to obesity in dogs and humans
Scientists in the UK have discovered small changes in the DNA of Labrador dogs, also found in humans, that could lead to more effective...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 172 min read
Tiny organism could help reduce effects of cancer radiation therapy
A protein produced by tardigrades, a microscopic organism, holds the potential to reduce the effects of radiation therapy for cancer...
Gege Li
Mar 171 min read
Alternative to antibiotics in ground-breaking mice study
Research in Israel may open the door for future treatments that are an alternative to antibiotics, in the fight against drug-resistant...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 101 min read
Mauritius breeder highlights importance of research monkeys โ video
EARA member Bioculture Group , a Mauritius-based breeder and exporter of cynomolgus macaque monkeys for biomedical research, has...
Gege Li
Mar 103 min read
Award for cancer neuroscience using mice
The 2025 Brain Prize ย has gone to two researchers who used mice in their โrevolutionaryโ research linking the brain and cancer. Frank...
Gege Li
Mar 101 min read
Microrobots remove blood clots in sheep
Researchers in the Netherlands have developed wireless magnetic microrobots that can remove blood clots from hard-to-reach arteries in...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 31 min read
Cancer risk determined before birth? โ Mice study
An individualโs lifetime risk of cancer may be established before they are born, a study in mice has suggested. Researchers, led by EARA...
Gege Li
Mar 31 min read
Breaking down mercury pollutants using fruit flies and zebrafish
Researchers in Australia have genetically engineered fruit flies and zebrafish to break down a highly toxic form of mercury and turn it...
Gege Li
Mar 31 min read
Innovative treatment forย eye disease โ rat studyย
Canadian researchers have developed a more effective and longer-lasting treatment for glaucoma eye disease, in a study with rats.ย ...
Inรชs Serrenho
Feb 241 min read
Insights on human and animal brain cell evolution using AI
Researchers in Belgium have used AI, trained on human and animal data, to shed light on how different brain cells have evolved over time...
Gege Li
Feb 241 min read
Bat organoids to study infectious diseases
Organoids derived from bats have been used to understand bat-borne viruses and diseases, in a study from Japan. Bats can carry viruses...
Gege Li
Feb 241 min read
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