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Gege Li

Mar 131 min read

TB vaccine treats liver cancer in mice

Researchers in the US have found that the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) can also shrink the tumours of mice with liver cancer and prolong...

Gege Li

Mar 131 min read

Using AI to detect brainwaves

An improved way to detect brainwaves, using artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on animal data, has been developed by Spanish...

Nuno Gonçalves

Mar 131 min read

Mouse study insights on hearing loss

Researchers in the US have found that excess zinc in the ears of mice contributes to noise-induced hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common...

Gege Li

Mar 41 min read

Observing the liver through the eye

Researchers in Sweden have found a way to understand and monitor the liver by studying it in a completely different part of the body –...

The dramatic impact of the Ebola vaccine

Gege Li

Mar 41 min read

The dramatic impact of the Ebola vaccine

The recent vaccine for the Ebola virus can protect people from dying, even if they already have the disease before being vaccinated,...

Gege Li

Feb 261 min read

Reversing antibiotic resistance in mice

UK researchers have successfully used a virus-based therapy to fight off infections from multi-drug-resistant bacteria in mice, marking...

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 191 min read

Mice and organoid study for ALS

Research from Germany, using brain organoids and mice, could bring forward new drug therapies for a fatal brain disease. Amyotrophic...

Gege Li

Feb 121 min read

Insights into wound healing using mice

Two studies using mice, in the UK and US, have revealed new ways to heal injuries without leaving scars. Research at EARA member the...

Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease

Gege Li

Feb 121 min read

Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease

Researchers in Germany, using gene editing, have corrected an exaggerated immune response that is a key feature of a rare childhood...

Mice study reveals breast cancer treatment

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 121 min read

Mice study reveals breast cancer treatment

Research in mice has uncovered a new drug that halts the growth of triple-negative breast cancer. This type of breast cancer is an...

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 51 min read

Reducing stress in mice in drug testing

Scientists at EARA Member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a new method of giving drugs to mice for research...

Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance

Gege Li

Feb 51 min read

Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance

The discovery of a virus, that kills ‘sleeping’ bacteria, may be another key player in the fight against antibiotic resistance, a Swiss...

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 51 min read

Skin patch to monitor tumour growth

Researchers in Taiwan have developed a skin patch that can measure tumour size in mice and send the data to a smartphone. The study, from...

‘Nanobots’ shrink bladder tumours in mice

Gege Li

Jan 221 min read

‘Nanobots’ shrink bladder tumours in mice

A new way to deliver drugs to dramatically reduce cancerous bladder tumours in mice, has been used in a Spanish study. The research, led...

Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?

Gege Li

Jan 221 min read

Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?

UK researchers are uncovering a possible link between the microbiome and the most common cancer in children, and will first study mice to...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 151 min read

New treatment to prevent sepsis

Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 151 min read

New insights into cocaine addiction

Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 81 min read

Mouse study on anxiety disorder

Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).

Nuno Gonçalves

Jan 81 min read

Potential vaccine for high cholesterol

US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.

Nuno Gonçalves

Dec 20, 20231 min read

Mouse study reveals new cancer insights

Researchers in France have made a groundbreaking discovery revealing that specific cells surrounding tumours influence the body’s...

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