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Czech research treats spinal cord injury in rats

Gege Li

Nov 6, 20231 min read

Czech research treats spinal cord injury in rats

A successful gene therapy has allowed rats with spinal cord injury to regain feeling in their legs. Researchers at the Institute of...

Neuroscience awards honour numerous animal researchers

Gege Li

Nov 6, 20231 min read

Neuroscience awards honour numerous animal researchers

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the recipients of its 2023 Early Career Awards, with several researchers who use animals...

Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

Gege Li

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 16, 20231 min read

Mushroom microdoses & rats

Researchers in Denmark have observed reduced stress in rats after microdoses of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some...

Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals

Gege Li

Oct 9, 20231 min read

Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals

This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to two researchers whose pioneering work relied on mice to develop messenger RNA (mRNA)...

Tracking techniques developed in rodents

Gege Li

Aug 14, 20231 min read

Tracking techniques developed in rodents

Recent studies have developed new techniques for tracking brain signals and bone development in mice and rats. Scientists at Lund...

Gege Li

Jul 24, 20231 min read

Slowing Parkinson’s with exercise?

Italian researchers have found that the progression of Parkinson’s disease can be slowed with intense exercise, by studying rats. The...

Gege Li

Jul 24, 20231 min read

The role of a protein in immunity & TB

Scientists in Ireland, using rats, have shed light on the effect a protein has on the immune system to impair its response to...

Gege Li

Jul 3, 20231 min read

Improving organ preservation

Kidneys can be preserved in ice, stored then rewarmed to be used efficiently for organ transplants, new research in rats has shown. A...

Gege Li

Jun 22, 20231 min read

Insights into blood pressure using rats

High blood pressure can be reduced by stimulating each side of the body and brain in separate ways, a new study in rats has shown. A team...

Animal & cartilage study for osteoarthritis

Gege Li

Jun 19, 20231 min read

Animal & cartilage study for osteoarthritis

UK researchers are planning new drug treatments after identifying a protein that appears to reduce the damage of a common joint disorder....

Gege Li

Jun 2, 20231 min read

Insights into hibernation using animals

Animal hibernation may be able to protect against sepsis, a potentially lethal reaction to infection, a study at the University Medical...

Gege Li

Jun 2, 20231 min read

Brain implant treats paralysed man

Excitement, with a note of caution, has greeted the news that a paralysed man has been able to walk again thanks to a brain implant that...

Gege Li

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Microplastics pass to rat offspring

Microscopic plastic particles in the environment can pass from pregnant rats to their unborn offspring, potentially harming their...

Gege Li

Feb 27, 20231 min read

Device to help stroke patients

Patients paralysed by a stroke have regained temporary movement in their arms and hands, thanks to an innovative electrical device....

Gege Li

Feb 13, 20231 min read

Scientific awards and animal research

Two prestigious prizes have praised the work of scientists, in Switzerland and Canada, whose significant discoveries used animals in...

Gege Li

Jan 30, 20231 min read

Insights on ‘cognitive maps’ in rats

Identifying a type of ‘mental map’ that guides behaviour may have implications for our understanding of psychiatric disorders, suggests a...

Nasal spray heals rat brain after a stroke

Gege Li

Jan 23, 20231 min read

Nasal spray heals rat brain after a stroke

A nasal spray, that delivers a shot of antibodies directly to the brain, can help to heal some of the damage caused by a stroke,...

Gege Li

Jan 9, 20231 min read

Insights into hearing implants

Stimulating the brains of deaf rats, that have hearing implants, can further improve their recognition of sounds. A study by the New York...

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 year’s Society for Neuroscience...

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