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...
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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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
Gege Li
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Human brain cells 'work' in rat brains
Human brain cells have been successfully transplanted into rats, which may pave the way for a better understanding of brain development...
Georgios Petrellis
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Single dose microparticles polio vaccine success in rats
Researchers in the US have developed a type of microparticle, that can deliver and release vaccines at set times, to create a single dose...
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