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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 โsmartโ insulin toย treatย diabetes
A modified version of insulin, that can automatically control sudden drops in blood sugar, has been successfully tested in pigs and rats...
Gege Li
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Heart rate insights by studying shrews
Researchers have studied the unusually high heart rates of shrews , one of the worldโs smallest mammals, which could potentially help...
Gege Li
Oct 14, 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
Chlamydia vaccine in human trial success
Following animal studies, an experimental vaccine for chlamydia has been shown to be safe and able to generate an immune response in humans.
Gege Li
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Insights into mouth-stomach connection
The development of the connection between the food pipe and stomach has been described in a study using mice and lab-grown tissues,...
Gege Li
Apr 15, 20241 min read
EARA advocates for animal research transparency at Denmark event
EARA advocates for animal research transparency at Denmark event
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Mushroom microdoses & rats
Researchers in Denmark have observed reduced stress in rats after microdoses of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Insights into kidney injury using mice
Danish researchers have found that kidney damage after injury can spread to unaffected areas in mice, providing new insights to improve...
Gege Li
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Mice studies & Huntingtonโs disease
A gene involved in Huntingtonโs disease has been identified that could counteract the effects of the disease. Huntingtonโs disease is...
Gege Li
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Brain Prize & animal studies
This yearโs prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....
Gege Li
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Brain & breathing โclosely linkedโ
Using animal and human brain imaging studies, researchers have revealed how the act of breathing can shape the brain. A study led by...
Gege Li
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Understanding diabetes using mice
Scientists who have observed how a specific gene works in mice, believe their findings could help develop new types of diabetes...
Gege Li
Nov 7, 20221 min read
Student workshop on animal research
EARA has taken part in the first workshop, held by Europe's leading universities, to show students how best to communicate about animal...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 3, 20221 min read
New treatment for rare brain disease
A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...
Maria Vlastara
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021
With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 27, 20226 min read
Brain Prize winners
The 2022 Brain Prize has been awarded to an international group of researchers for their pioneering work on how the nervous system...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
3Rs improvement in rodent studies
Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Olomouc, Czechia, have developed a less stressful and painful way...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
3Rs online webinars
A series of four free events hosted by a pan-European group of 3Rs centres, will take place online from this Thursday until December....
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
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