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Covid-19 vaccine technology to treat rare disease
A therapy, based on the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, has successfully corrected a rare liver disease...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 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 13, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Mouse study insights on hearing loss
Researchers in the US have found that excess zincย in the ears of mice contributes to noise-induced hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Mar 13, 20241 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 โ...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 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
Mar 4, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Feb 26, 20241 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 19, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Feb 12, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Feb 12, 20241 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 Gonรงalves
Feb 12, 20241 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance
The discovery of a virus, that kills โsleepingโ bacteria, may be another key player in the fight against antibiotic resistance, a Swiss...
Gege Li
Feb 5, 20241 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
โNanobotsโ 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...
Gege Li
Jan 22, 20241 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...
Gege Li
Jan 22, 20241 min read
New treatment to prevent sepsisย
Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
New insights into cocaine addiction
Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Potential vaccine for high cholesterol
US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.ย
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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