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New insights into stroke recovery
Swedish researchers have successfully treated mice and rats so that they regain sensation following a stroke, even several days after it...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Videos on animal use at Belgian university
EARA member Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, has published two videosย of its facilities and laboratories to explain how and why they...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Early-life stress alters brain in rats
US researchers have found that early-life stress in rats leads to more significant changes in brain genes than childhood head injuries....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 20, 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...
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...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Alzheimerโs transferred to rats via gut bacteria
Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimerโs disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 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...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals
This yearโs Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to two researchers whose pioneering work relied on mice to develop messenger RNA (mRNA)...
Gege Li
Oct 9, 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
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Slowing Parkinsonโs with exercise?
Italian researchers have found that the progression of Parkinsonโs 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 24, 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
Jul 3, 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 22, 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 19, 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
Jun 2, 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
Mar 6, 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 27, 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
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Insights on โcognitive mapsโ in rats
Identifying a type of โmental mapโ that guides behaviour may have implications for our understanding of psychiatric disorders, suggests a...
Gege Li
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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