Eating pork that contains a micronutrient could help a growing brain develop, according to a recent study on mice.
A gel made of compounds found naturally in the body could be used to grow new blood vessels, research on rats has shown.
Delivering genes to specific cells which cause the lung disease emphysema could be key to alleviating breathing difficulties, research on mice suggests.
A vaccine based on the one used to prevent rabies can be used to protect against the monkey form of HIV (SIV), a new study has found.
Patients who are unable to form blood clots could be aided by a newly designed blood cell, research on rats has found.
A new study has shown that the food sweetener fructose can cause dangerous body fat deposits and trigger diabetes and heart disease in humans.
High blood pressure may be linked to disruptions in the circadian body clocks, a study on mice suggests.
Loneliness and stress are more likely to cause breast cancer, a study using rats suggests.
Here in the Understanding Animal Research office we were delighted to read this well written and interesting blog titled ‘Why we experiment on animals' on the Times newspapers new science site Eureka Zone.
Targeting host molecules instead of the virus has proved successful in killing the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), research on chimpanzees has found.
The inability to form a blood clot in a foetal blood vessel has been linked to heart failure in newborns, a study using mice has discovered.
Vision in blind rats has been restored by a UK team in collaboration with international scientists.
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