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Bob Tolliday

Jul 231 min read

Animal study insights into bird flu

Following an outbreak of bird flu in cattle, researchers are trying understand the potential of the disease to cause infection in humans.

Cows provide possible solution to insulin supply

Nuno Gonçalves

Mar 251 min read

Cows provide possible solution to insulin supply

US research has revealed that genetically altered cows can produce human insulin proteins in their milk, giving hope of solving the...

Gege Li

Feb 191 min read

Could cows be used more in research?

Cows may be far more valuable for research into regenerative medicine than currently thought, according to a US study. The research at...

Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals

Gege Li

Oct 9, 20231 min read

Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals

This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to two researchers whose pioneering work relied on mice to develop messenger RNA (mRNA)...

Ana Barros

Nov 22, 20211 min read

Climate change & animal research

Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...

Ana Barros

Nov 15, 20211 min read

Guardian video

UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...

Ana Barros

Mar 29, 20211 min read

Spray treatment for Covid-19

Researchers in Estonia, using cows, have created a spray treatment that can help to prevent Covid-19 infection and make those who have...

Ana Barros

Mar 15, 20211 min read

Brain Prize 2021

The largest annual prize for neuroscience has been awarded to four scientists for their research on migraine studies, using animal...

Mood affecting genes in cattle and humans

Ana Barros

Sep 7, 20201 min read

Mood affecting genes in cattle and humans

Genes linking temperament in cattle and autism in humans have been discovered by researchers in Australia. The team searched through over...

Ana Barros

Jun 22, 20201 min read

Animal antibodies for Covid-19

A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...

Nobel Prize 2015: using animal research to get rid of parasites

Bob Tolliday

Jan 27, 20162 min read

Nobel Prize 2015: using animal research to get rid of parasites

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine is shared between William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu, who contributed...

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