July - Dec 2009
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Heart stimulated to heal itself
7th August 2009
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.
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Rodent teeth grow from stem cells
7th August 2009
Mice have grown new teeth from stem cells implanted into the jawbone.
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Animal wrongs
6th August 2009
The editorial in today's Financial Times about responding to the appalling animal rights extremist attacks in Switzerland is spot on.
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Testing, testing …
4th August 2009
Why is the concept of animal research so difficult to grasp?
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Chimps get AIDS too
31st July 2009
Scientists have discovered that the natural hosts of a strain of SIV develop AIDS when infected.
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Food dye aids spinal crush injury
31st July 2009
A blue dye – similar to that used in M&Ms and liquorice allsorts – can help protect rats' crushed spinal cords from further damage.
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Skin stem cells make mouse clones
31st July 2009
A new kind of stem cell, that doesn't involve destroying embryos, has produced new life.
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Snails, slime moulds and flies
30th July 2009
Government funding for alternatives research, through NC3Rs, has nearly doubled this year compared with 2008.
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Gene controller causes Down syndrome
24th July 2009
Researchers have used mice to pinpoint what goes wrong in aneuploidy, which includes the most common genetic disorders involving chromosomes, usually an extra chromosome.
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New way to reduce anaphylactic shock
24th July 2009
Using mice, scientists have pinpointed the molecule which is responsible for making allergic reactions more severe.
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