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Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Reducing mice use with ultrasound
A UK institute has used ultrasound ย to more accurately pinpoint pregnancy in mice, which could lead to a reduction in the numbersย used...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Animal studies used in cure for diabetes
Research inย China, using previous studies in animals, has cured a woman with type 1 diabetes by using stem cells. Type 1 diabetes occurs...
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Game-changer schizophrenia drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia โ the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...
Gege Li
Sep 30, 20241 min read
Top US research prize recognises studies with animals
The 2024 Lasker Awards, recognising fundamental discoveries and clinical advances in human health, have gone to US researchers who used...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Treating spine injuries with animal โslimeโ
Scientists have developed a synthetic gel, inspired by the protective โslimeโ barrier found in many animals, which could help recovery...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Monoclonal antibodies tackle major health threats
Studies from the UK and US have shown how antibodies are being used against some of the worldโs most challenging health problems โ ...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Understanding what makes us sneeze and cough
US research, using mice, has examined which neurons in our airways trigger different sneezing and coughing reflexes. Sneezing and...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Studying how limbs develop โ EARA Q&A video
Moisรฉs Mallo, a principal investigator at EARA member the Gulbenkian Instituteย of Science (IGC), Portugal,ย features in the latest episode...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
New Alzheimerโs drug
A first-of-its-kind Alzheimerโs drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that wasย developed using animal research, has...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
Healing wounds with roundworms
Proteins produced by parasitic roundworms could offer a better way to heal skin wounds without leaving scars, a new US study has found....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 23, 20241 min read
Expectant motherโs microbiome affects baby brain
UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in aย motherโs gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20242 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Georgios Petrellis
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Understanding lung repair after respiratory infection
Researchers in Belgium have discovered a novel population of immune cells in the lungs that promote regeneration after injury caused...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Mice study shows new mRNA vaccine safety
Research from the Netherlands, using mice, has revealed that a new type of mRNA vaccine is safe to use in the body, highlighting its...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 29, 20241 min read
Insights into gut inflammation
Researchers at EARA member the University of Antwerp, Belgium, together with international collaborators,ย have studiedย how a common...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 29, 20241 min read
Probiotic bread could help prevent asthma
Brazilian researchers, using mice, have found that bread with probiotic yeast could be an effective method to prevent asthma. The team at...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 23, 20241 min read
Tackling memory loss with mice studiesย
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Gege Li
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Pill hope to treat sickle cell disease
A drug to treat sickle cell disease has performed well in mice and monkeys, overcoming some of the limitations of current treatments.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 1, 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....
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