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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, 20241 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 ...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20242 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Studying how limbs develop โ EARA Q&A video
Moisรฉs Mallo, a principal investigator at EARA member the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC), Portugal, features in the latest episode...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read
New Alzheimerโs drug
A first-of-its-kind Alzheimerโs drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that was 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....
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
Expectant motherโs microbiome affects baby brain
UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in a motherโs gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 23, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20242 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 19, 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...
Georgios Petrellis
Aug 12, 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
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Insights into gut inflammation
Researchers at EARA member the University of Antwerp, Belgium, together with international collaborators, have studied 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 29, 20241 min read
Tackling memory loss with mice studies
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 23, 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.
Gege Li
Jul 15, 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
Understanding ageing with blood stem cells
Stem cells, that develop into blood cells, age differently in individual mice, a US study has found, providing new insights into how this...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Rodent teeth insights for human dentistry?
Researchers in Germany have studied the tooth structure of seven different rodent species and found a material that is key to the...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Explaining sex differences in pain
Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
New antibiotic to tackle antimicrobial resistance?
US researchers have found a new antibiotic that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in mice, without targeting healthy gut bacteria....
Gege Li
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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