Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?
A study by US researchers suggests that the similarities in how the brains of pet cats and humans age could help us understand more...
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Gege Li
Nov 111 min read
Horseshoe crabs to be replaced in essential US medical testing
Following a change in US policy, a test that uses the blood of horseshoe crabs can now be replaced by a synthetic alternative. The blood...
Gege Li
Nov 42 min read
Heart attack insights using mice
Three different US studies in mice have given insights into heart attacks, including how to repair heart tissue and the benefits of sleep...
Gege Li
Oct 281 min read
Understanding resistance to Covid-19 in bats
US researchers have gained insights into how bats resist getting ill from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Bats can be...
Gege Li
Oct 212 min read
Insights on herpes infections, using mice
Two different studies, from the USA and Brazil, have used mice infected with herpes viruses to understand more about viral infections, as...
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
Oct 142 min read
Central role of roundworms in Nobel Prize research
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to two researchers who used roundworms in their discovery of microRNAs, which...
Gege Li
Oct 71 min read
Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights
The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 71 min read
Game-changer schizophrenia drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia – the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...
Gege Li
Sep 301 min read
Top US research prize recognises studies with animals
The 2024 Lasker Awards, recognising fundamental discoveries and clinical advances in human health, have gone to US researchers who used...
Gege Li
Sep 301 min read
Rodent study to treat cataracts
US researchers have used ground squirrels and rats to identify a protein that can reverse cataracts in the eye, which may lead to...
Gege Li
Sep 232 min read
Monoclonal antibodies tackle major health threats
Studies from the UK and US have shown how antibodies are being used against some of the world’s most challenging health problems – ...
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 231 min read
Understanding what makes us sneeze and cough
US research, using mice, has examined which neurons in our airways trigger different sneezing and coughing reflexes. Sneezing and...
Gege Li
Sep 91 min read
Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients
Using a drug approved for Alzheimer’s, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...
Gege Li
Sep 21 min read
Healing wounds with roundworms
Proteins produced by parasitic roundworms could offer a better way to heal skin wounds without leaving scars, a new US study has found....
Gege Li
Aug 272 min read
Insights into treating long Covid
US studies, using animals, have uncovered new information about the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the health complications it can...
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 191 min read
Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Gege Li
Aug 191 min read
Accelerating drug discovery in animals
Biotechnology companies are increasingly looking to large-scale animal studies, that can test multiple potential treatments at once, to...
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 122 min read
Sheep studies on new biomaterials
Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...
Gege Li
Aug 51 min read
Monkey study for treating Parkinson’s
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinson’s, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
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