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Understanding resistance to Covid-19 in bats

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...

Call for private institutions and patient associations to join the Portuguese Transparency Agreement

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 242 min read

Call for private institutions and patient associations to join the Portuguese Transparency Agreement

An EARA openness event this week in Oeiras, Portugal was hosted by the newly-formed Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM).

Insights for Portuguese patients at EARA Discovery Day

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 242 min read

Insights for Portuguese patients at EARA Discovery Day

A follow-up meeting of the EARA Patient Discovery project in Portugal, designed to encourage diabetes patient engagement.

Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells

Gege Li

Oct 211 min read

Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells

UK researchers have used gene editing to alter human brain cells and successfully repair damaged nerves in mice – a potential treatment...

Insights on herpes infections, using mice

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 211 min read

Spider venom reveals use for industry

Researchers in Germany have discovered that spider venom has many new and versatile molecules that hold potential for a range of...

Preventing misconceptions on animal research – EARA Madrid event

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 182 min read

Preventing misconceptions on animal research – EARA Madrid event

The latest EARA openness event, in Madrid, hosted by EARA member the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), last week.

Insights into malnutrition using animal studies

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...

Central role of roundworms in Nobel Prize research

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 141 min read

Heart rate insights by studying shrews

Researchers have studied the unusually high heart rates of shrews , one of the world’s smallest mammals, which could potentially help...

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