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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
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
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
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
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
How the brain corrects blurry vision โ animalย study
By imaging the brains of mice, researchers in Austria have identified how blurred vision caused by movement can be corrected โ a function...
Gege Li
Feb 171 min read
Mice studies reveal health effects of gut-brain connections
Research in Asia and Europe has provided further insights into how disruption to communication between the gut and brain could have an...
Gege Li
Feb 171 min read
Insights into treating common skin condition
Researchersย in Spain and the US have made progress on developing possible treatments for psoriasis, a long-term skin condition. Psoriasis...
Gege Li
Feb 101 min read
Breakthrough painkiller treatment approved
A game-changing painkiller โ the first in 30 years that is not based on potentially addictive opioids โ has been approved by regulators ...
Georgios Petrellis
Feb 101 min read
Gene therapy for muscle disease โ mice study
Using CRISPR gene editing , researchers in Germany have successfully corrected faulty genes that cause muscle disease, to repair the...
Gege Li
Feb 31 min read
Bacterial compound treats skin condition in mice
US researchers have identified a compound , produced by gut-friendly bacteria, that can slow the spread of vitiligo in mice. Vitiligo is...
Inรชs Serrenho
Feb 31 min read
Innovative electrode for brain repair
Researchers in Canada using mice, have developed a device which holds the potential to improve the treatment of debilitating brain...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
Mice study shows promiseย for universal flu vaccine
Researchers from Sweden and China have discovered a molecule that could pave the way for a ground-breaking flu vaccine, after it gave...
Inรชs Serrenho
Jan 271 min read
Blood vessel discovery in mice for bone health
Researchers have identified the importance of specialised blood vessels, in the bones of mice, that could provide a new understanding of...
Gege Li
Jan 201 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
Detecting brain tumours in mice withย 'molecular flashlight'
An ultra-thin light probe that reaches deep into the brain couldย provide a non-invasive way to detect chemical changes caused by tumours...
Gege Li
Jan 61 min read
Innovative technology treats pre-eclampsia in pregnant mice
Researchers in the US have successfully developed a new therapy that targets the placenta in pregnant mice to treat a serious...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 61 min read
First mouse strain that can naturally get severe Covid-19
US researchers are hopeful that research on Covid-19 can be greatly improved, using an existing strain of lab mouse that is highly...
Gege Li
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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