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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
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
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
Genetically altered miceย shedย light on skin cancer
Researchers at EARA member the Champalimaud Foundation , in Portugal, have gained significant insightsย about the most common type of skin...
Gege Li
Feb 171 min read
Podcast highlights need for transparency inย research using animals
A Canadian researcher has given some fascinating insights into the critical and controversial role of animal research, specifically in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 131 min read
Menstrual cycle in mice - link to breast cancer treatment
Research from Belgium and the Netherlands has shown that the menstrual cycle can influence the effectiveness of chemotherapy in breast...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Recreating the human immune system in mice
Human-like immune systems can now be recreated in mice, using special blood cells, a Spanish study has shown.ย ย Immunity plays an...
Gege Li
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Detecting rare tumours using lizards
Research from the Netherlands has developed a scan that uses a compound, found in lizard saliva, to detect rare types of tumours....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Reducing mice in cancer research using chicken eggs โ video
The value of using chicken eggs to study cancer has been highlighted in a recent video , which holds the potential to reduce how many...
Gege Li
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Mice study offers new hope for skin disease
Research from the UK using genetic therapy and mice studies has uncovered a potential treatment to reverse a rare skin disease....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 1, 20241 min read
How prostate cancer spreads
A study from Denmark, using genetically altered (GA) mice has uncovered a crucial gene involved in the spread of prostate cancer to other...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jun 10, 20241 min read
How gut bacteria affect health, using mice
Two US studies have used mice to shed light on the remarkable effects of gut bacteria, both on improving cancer treatment and in the...
Gege Li
Jun 10, 20242 min read
โBubblesโ in cells can help cancer treatment
Research from Sweden has used โbubblesโ, that are released by cells as messengers, to develop a potentially more effective way to target...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Treating bone cancer with immunotherapy
A new type of immunotherapy, based on engineered immune cells, has successfully treated mice with bone cancer, raising the possibility...
Gege Li
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Organ-on-a-chip & liver cancer
UK research, using organ-on-a-chip technology, has led to a better understanding of how human cells behave in liver cancer patients....
Nuno Gonรงalves
May 28, 20241 min read
Dog study unveils cancer vaccine promise
Researchers from the US have developed a cancer vaccine able to slow or halt the progression of certain cancers in dogs. Cancer remains a...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Does gum disease speed up pancreatic cancer?
Gum disease may accelerate the development of pancreatic cancer, a new study in mice has shown, suggesting a direct link between oral...
Gege Li
Mar 28, 20241 min read
TB vaccine treats liver cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) can also shrink the tumours of mice with liver cancer and prolong...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Mice study reveals breast cancer treatment
Research in mice has uncovered a new drug that halts the growth of triple-negative breast cancer. This type of breast cancer is an...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Skin patch to monitor tumour growth
Researchers in Taiwan have developed a skin patch that can measure tumour size in mice and send the data to a smartphone. The study, from...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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