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Gege Li
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Liver disease and animals
Several US research groups have found new information about one of the most common liver diseases, based on studies in mice....
Gege Li
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Clues to ageing hearts in animal studies
A mutated gene, found in some people over the age of 100, can โrewindโ the biological clock of a mouseโs heart by a decade. The research,...
Gege Li
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Human throat cells & cancer in mice
A mutation in the throat cells of middle-aged people appears to reduce cancer of the oesophagus in mice, according to new research. A...
Gege Li
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Drug reactions between the sexes
The sex of a mouse can determine how their organs can be affected by certain hormones and drugs, according to studies at the University...
Gege Li
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Treating eye disorders using animals
Two studies in the US have uncovered new ways to study and treat conditions of the eye, based on research in mice, monkeys and zebrafish....
Gege Li
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Retrieving โlost memory' in mice
An asthma drug can help mice to retrieve memories that they otherwise cannot recall, Dutch scientists have found. Researchers at the...
Gege Li
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Unexpected function in immune system
Researchers have found, using studies in human cells and mice, that a protein may give greater insights into how to treat autoimmune...
Gege Li
Jan 9, 20231 min read
Feature on research animals โ mice
EARA has published a feature article outlining how and why mice are used in scientific research, and the main areas that involve these...
Gege Li
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Treating Chikungunya virus
A potential drug to treat an incurable mosquito-borne virus has been developed and tested in mice, with plans to start clinical trials...
Gege Li
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Animal studies & skin cancer treatment
A treatment, which makes use of a patientโs own immune system, has shown promising results against an aggressive type of skin cancer. In...
Gege Li
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Sex differences in disease
The reason men and women experience disease and react to drugs differently is more complex than we think, according to a new study in...
Gege Li
Dec 19, 20221 min read
A mini brain microscope for mice
A mini microscope that can be mounted on the heads of mice to record their brain activity is set to be a โgame changerโ for studying...
Gege Li
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Potential treatments for severe asthma
An inflammatory molecule appears to be the cause of airway damage in severe asthma, a new US study in mouse and human tissue has found....
Gege Li
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Tumours in mice grow faster at night
The ability of an animalโs immune system to fight cancer is dependent on the time of day, according to new research using mice....
Gege Li
Dec 5, 20221 min read
How the foetus can โself-repairโ wounds
Damage to the protective sac that surrounds a foetus in the womb can be repaired in part by the foetus itself, a new study in humans and...
Gege Li
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Brain & breathing โclosely linkedโ
Using animal and human brain imaging studies, researchers have revealed how the act of breathing can shape the brain. A study led by...
Gege Li
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Lab animal monitoring for better science
An EU initiative to improve the home cage monitoring of rodents used for research has published a report on its first year of progress....
Gege Li
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Brain research prizes & animal studies
Hamsters, flies and mice are among the animals that have been central to discoveries in research at this yearโs Society for Neuroscience...
Gege Li
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Gene edited mice to improve research
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell, UK, is looking to fund projects to develop models of genetically altered mice for use in biomedical...
Gege Li
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Shedding light on sleep and diseases
Several recent studies in mice have helped our understanding of sleep and how it is linked to stress and diseases such as Alzheimer's. A...
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