The law of unintended consequences may have led to saving rabbits at the expense of a two incredible species: a prehistoric invertebrate and a small bird with one of the most impressive known migrations.
Researchers have created a GM mouse that develops Parkinson's disease.
Scientists using mice have developed a new way to deliver gene therapies.
A book to be published soon promises a considered, less polarised approach to the animal rights debate.
Why does Huntington's disease lead to the death of brain cells, whilst causing negligible damage to cells elsewhere in the body?
Researchers have designed small particles - ‘nanoparticles' - that are able to selectively bind to plaques in arteries.
Scientists have identified a gene implicated in up to one fifth of breast cancers. The good news is that studies in mice seem to show a commonly-used blood pressure drug appears to reverse the effects of the gene.
Scientists have found a way to turn adult cells from pigs into any tissue in the body.
The House of Lords European Union Committee, Sub-Committee D (Environment and Agriculture) has begun to take oral evidence on the revision of the European Directive on animal experimentation
Transgenic mice have been used in research for the last 20 years, and have made significant contributions to biomedical research.
Scientists have managed to modify the cold virus so that it only targets and damages cancerous cells.
Antibodies able to bind to a protein in the brain show promise in mice for preventing fatal prion diseases like vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease).
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