New ‘smart’ insulin to treat diabetes
A modified version of insulin, that can automatically control sudden drops in blood sugar, has been successfully tested in pigs and rats...
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Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 141 min read
Insights into malnutrition using animal studies
Research from the US and Bangladesh, has highlighted that foods which boost gut health could be more beneficial than standard treatments...
Gege Li
Mar 281 min read
First pig kidney transplant to living human
A 62-year-old man with terminal kidney disease has successfully received a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. The world...
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 281 min read
Revolutionary pacemaker tested in animals
US researchers have unveiled an ultra-thin, wireless pacemaker powered by light, marking an innovation in the treatment of heart disease....
Gege Li
Jan 311 min read
Pig liver filters blood through human body
US researchers have connected a pig liver, outside the body of a brain-dead patient, to filter blood successfully - marking another...
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
Infant heart transplant success
A baby boy who underwent pioneering heart surgery in 2022 is now a thriving toddler, doctors have reported.
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant
US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...
Gege Li
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Success of pig kidney studies
A series of successful kidney experiments on pigs could potentially help treat diseases and solve organ donation shortages. Researchers...
Gege Li
Feb 27, 20231 min read
How pig studies aid biomedical research
EARA has published a feature article on the use of pigs in biomedical research summarising the role they have played in scientific and...
Gege Li
Feb 20, 20231 min read
A sensor to diagnose gut disorders
US researchers using pigs have developed a sensor that is easy to swallow, which can provide a far less intrusive way to potentially...
Gege Li
Oct 31, 20221 min read
A vaccine against deadly pig disease
A scientist at EARA member Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, is at the forefront of efforts to find a vaccine against African...
Maria Vlastara
Sep 19, 20221 min read
Child heart transplant breakthrough
A partial heart transplant, previously only performed in pigs, has been successfully conducted in the US on a child. Five-month-old Owen...
Maria Vlastara
Jul 31, 20221 min read
Pig organ transplants in US clinical trials
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to allow clinical trials testing of the transplantation of pig organs into humans....
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Pig-to-human heart transplants
News about the first pig-to-human heart transplant has made headlines across the world, including discussion about the ethics of such a...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Climate change & animal research
Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Injectable heart patch
An injectable patch, used to restore heart function after injury and reduce the need for open-heart surgery, has been developed in animal...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Pig kidney transplant
US doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from a pig to a human, without triggering rejection. The surgery was the first...
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Animal use and Covid-19 research
Researchers have highlighted the critical role that animals played in Covid-19 research in Germany. The team at the German Centre for the...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Minipigs for vaccine testing
EARA members, from Denmark and France, have demonstrated how minipigs can help develop and test new vaccines against whooping cough. At...
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