Heart failure & pig studies
US scientists have created a therapy which can help heart muscle self-repair after a heart attack. The team, at Baylor College of...
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Bob Tolliday
May 10, 20211 min read
Humanised pigs
A team of researchers at Iowa State University, USA are creating pigs with human immune cells, to improve study of some medical...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Regrowing bones using animals
Researchers at the Columbia University in New York have found a way to use stem cells from pig fat to grow replacement jaw bones and...
Ana Barros
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Waste food used in eye research
Pig eyes, common waste products of the food industry, are being used by scientists to help improve treatment and research into human eye...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Neuralink pig showcase - video
Elon Musk's Neuralink venture has demonstrated its latest developments in brain implant technology with a live display using pigs. A chip...
Ana Barros
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Growing new livers
Large animals with liver disease are able to grow new livers within their lymph nodes, according to a US study. Liver cells are known for...
Ana Barros
Aug 3, 20201 min read
How dogs and pigs communicate with humans
A team of researchers at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, have analysed the differences between how dogs and pigs communicate with...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Repairing lungs
US researchers have successfully repaired damaged lungs which would otherwise have been rejected for organ transplant. The need for lung...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
Animal studies and Covid-19 origins
Animal experiments, cell studies and computational models are being used by researchers around the world to find the origins of the...
Ana Barros
May 7, 20201 min read
Research in the Netherlands uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
May 7, 20202 min read
Research in Germany uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
May 7, 20201 min read
Research in Spain uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
Research calms concerns of Covid-19 in animals
Fears of domestic and farm animals being infected by Covid-19 and in turn spreading it further, has led experts to seek answers using...
Ana Barros
Apr 16, 20202 min read
What animals are used in coronavirus research?
In the search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 animals can play an essential role in both basic research and testing. Various...
Ana Barros
Apr 15, 20202 min read
Infographics: The key stages to develop a Covid-19 vaccine
Around the world, scientists are working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. The process to develop drugs and vaccines is usually long and...
Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Covid-19 ventilators developed using animal models
A group of volunteer engineers and doctors, in Spain, have successfully tested a prototype 3D printed ventilator on a pig. The research,...
Ana Barros
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Pigs used to test new COVID-19 vaccines before humans trials
A team from the Pirbright Institute, UK, are to test new vaccines for COVID-19 using pigs as an animal model. The vaccines, developed at...
Ana Barros
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Machine keeps liver alive outside the body for longer
Swiss researchers have developed a new machine that can maintain human livers for longer with the aim of allowing more patients to get...
mburberry8
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Marking 50 years of biomedical research with minipigs
EARA member Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs has marked 50 years of the company at its Scientific Symposium, in London, UK, which also looked...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Ethics in the spotlight after pig brain revival
A debate has been stirred by news that neuroscientists have stimulated activity in the brain of pigs hours after their heads were...
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