July - Dec 2010
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Art meets science in mouse's brain
22nd December 2010
Animals have been used to understand the inner workings of the brain since the very beginnings of neuroscience.
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How you live now impacts on the children you have yet to conceive
22nd December 2010
Smoking or drinking while pregnant can damage the unborn child.
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World-leading research institute gets go-ahead
20th December 2010
We are pleased to report that planning permission was granted last week for a new world-leading biomedical research institute in London.
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Alzheimer’s reversed in mice by memory protein
17th December 2010
Memory loss has been reversed in Alzheimer's mice by boosting levels of a memory related protein.
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Childhood flu may protect against asthma
17th December 2010
Exposure to bacteria or viruses as child could reduce your chances of contracting asthma, according to new research on mice.
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Stem cells combat muscular dystrophy
17th December 2010
A new mouse model of muscular dystrophy has found that stem cells play an important role in this genetic disease.
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Freedom of Information - judgement on confidentiality clause at a university
16th December 2010
Recently, a tribunal ruled that under the Freedom of Information Act a university can be said to 'hold' project licences (irrespective of how they are actually stored at the university) and that section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) would not prevent disclosure of information from the project licences.
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Animal instinct
9th December 2010
Following directly from the Basel Declaration that we covered on Tuesday, an editorial in Nature, 9 December 2010, has urged German science to set up an organisation like Understanding Animal Research to engage the public on the medical benefits of animal research.
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Biological clock pigment could help blind people
9th December 2010
Light sensing cells (photosensitive ganglion cells) in the eye, which contain the pigment melanopsin, set the body's biological clock.
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Dementia confuses memories
9th December 2010
Confused memories rather than memory loss may be the cause of 'forgetfulness' in dementia patients, according to new research.
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