Scientists have shown for the first time that it is possible to stimulate the heart to heal itself without the use of stem cell technology.
Mice have grown new teeth from stem cells implanted into the jawbone.
The editorial in today's Financial Times about responding to the appalling animal rights extremist attacks in Switzerland is spot on.
Why is the concept of animal research so difficult to grasp?
Scientists have discovered that the natural hosts of a strain of SIV develop AIDS when infected.
A blue dye – similar to that used in M&Ms and liquorice allsorts – can help protect rats' crushed spinal cords from further damage.
A new kind of stem cell, that doesn't involve destroying embryos, has produced new life.
Government funding for alternatives research, through NC3Rs, has nearly doubled this year compared with 2008.
Researchers have used mice to pinpoint what goes wrong in aneuploidy, which includes the most common genetic disorders involving chromosomes, usually an extra chromosome.
Using mice, scientists have pinpointed the molecule which is responsible for making allergic reactions more severe.
Our own modest contribution to swine flu information is now online, as the government estimates the number of new cases of swine flu in England reached 100,000 in the past week.
We recently became aware of a new website that can be used to make Freedom of Information requests and acts as an archive for all information received.
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