July - Dec 2010
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Mice muscles controlled by light
29th September 2010
How do you re-animate paralysed limbs? A new approach being trialled on genetically modified mice uses flashes of light.
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Mice and monkeys metabolise BPA like humans
29th September 2010
New research shows female mice, monkeys and humans appear to metabolise the oestrogen-like chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in similar ways.
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No retirement for chimp colony
29th September 2010
186 chimps currently housed in unofficial retirement in the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico are to be re-housed in the Southwest National Primate Research Center.
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Free course on science communication
24th September 2010
The National Science Learning Centre in York is offering a fantastic opportunity to improve your science communication skills with a two-day course on engagement with schools and young people on 18-19 October 2010.
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EU directive on animal research becomes law
23rd September 2010
Yesterday the President of the European Parliament, and the Belgian State Secretary (representing the EU countries) put pen to paper and signed the new EU Directive 8869/10 in the use of animals in scientific research.
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Retinal cells transplanted into blind mice
23rd September 2010
Retinal cells, necessary for colour vision, have been successfully transplanted into blind mice.
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Loss of gene makes mice smarter
21st September 2010
Mice with a disabled RGS14 gene are able to remember objects and learn to navigate mazes better than normal mice.
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Tasmanian Devil genome sequenced
21st September 2010
The Tasmanian Devil is at risk of extinction in the wild due to a transmissible cancer passed on when one animal bites another.
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Drug reverses diabetes nerve damage
20th September 2010
Diabetes can cause the death of nerves in the body's extremities, a condition known as diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
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Single gene regulates motor neurons in the spinal cord
20th September 2010
As a normal mammalian body grows, hundreds of motor neurons grow from the spinal cord to the muscles they will control.
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