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Article on German neuroscientist paints a balanced picture

Bob Tolliday

Dec 231 min read

Article on German neuroscientist paints a balanced picture

German national magazine Der Spiegel has published an informative and sympathetic article on Andreas Kreiter (pictured), a...

Insights into opening blood-brain barrier with ultrasound

Gege Li

Nov 251 min read

Insights into opening blood-brain barrier with ultrasound

A Spanish study using monkeys has shed light on how sound waves can deliver drugs to the brain, for diseases such as Alzheimer’s,...

Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?

Georgios Petrellis

Nov 211 min read

Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?

A study by US researchers suggests that the similarities in how the brains of pet cats and humans age could help us understand more...

Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimer’s

Nuno Gonçalves

Nov 111 min read

Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimer’s

Research from Belgium and the UK, using mice, has shed light on a key mechanism of brain cell death caused by Alzheimer's disease....

Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells

Gege Li

Oct 211 min read

Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells

UK researchers have used gene editing to alter human brain cells and successfully repair damaged nerves in mice – a potential treatment...

Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights

Gege Li

Oct 71 min read

Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights

The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...

Georgios Petrellis

Oct 71 min read

Game-changer schizophrenia drug

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia – the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...

Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients

Gege Li

Sep 91 min read

Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients

Using a drug approved for Alzheimer’s, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...

Gege Li

Sep 21 min read

New Alzheimer’s drug

A first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that was developed using animal research, has...

New gene target for Huntington’s treatment?

Gege Li

Sep 21 min read

New gene target for Huntington’s treatment?

Using 3D brain organoids, researchers have linked a gene with Huntington’s disease for the first time, which may provide a new target for...

Treating bowel disease using caterpillars

Gege Li

Aug 271 min read

Treating bowel disease using caterpillars

A recent interview has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...

Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain

Nuno Gonçalves

Aug 231 min read

Expectant mother’s microbiome affects baby brain

UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in a mother’s gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....

Gege Li

Aug 192 min read

Using parasites to treat disease

By modifying different parasites, researchers have found separate ways to deliver drugs to the brain and develop a more effective vaccine...

Gege Li

Aug 51 min read

Monkey study for treating Parkinson’s

Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinson’s, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...

Parkinson’s patients learn more about research with monkeys

The European Animal Research Association

Jul 122 min read

Parkinson’s patients learn more about research with monkeys

People with Parkinson’s have had the opportunity to learn more about biomedical research on the condition, involving the use of monkeys,...

US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease

Nuno Gonçalves

May 71 min read

US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease

Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...

Gege Li

Apr 81 min read

The role of immune cells in Alzheimer's

Mice with transplanted human brain cells may provide an improved way to study the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Researchers,...

Gege Li

Apr 81 min read

Marmosets contribute to brain research

Two recent studies, in Japan, have shown the value of using marmoset monkeys to study brain conditions. Research at Kobe...

Understanding how attention works in monkeys – EARA Q&A

Gege Li

Mar 41 min read

Understanding how attention works in monkeys – EARA Q&A

In the latest episode of EARA’s #TransparencyThursday series, PhD student Esperanza Domingo Gil, of the Cognitive Neurophysiology...

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 191 min read

Mice and organoid study for ALS

Research from Germany, using brain organoids and mice, could bring forward new drug therapies for a fatal brain disease. Amyotrophic...

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