July - Dec 2011
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Helping the hunt for disease genes
22nd July 2011
A few weeks ago it was announced that researchers have created genome-wide, high-resolution genetic maps of 100 inbred mouse strains.
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Mice with human livers
22nd July 2011
To better study the breakdown and toxicity of new medicines in a human liver, scientists have created what has been named a ‘humanised mouse'.
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Meningitis B vaccine one step closer
21st July 2011
A study using mice has led scientists one step closer to developing a vaccine against the most common cause of bacterial meningitis, Meningococcus B.
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Committing to the three Rs
18th July 2011
The UK Home Office this morning agreed arrangements to deliver two Coalition commitments relating to the use of animals in scientific research
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Spine repair allows rats to breathe again
14th July 2011
Injuries that damage the spinal cord at the top of the neck can damage the nerve connections between the respiratory centre in the brain and the diaphragm muscles that we need to breathe normally.
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#ww Animal models: Inside the minds of mice and men
14th July 2011
Monya Baker has given us a good and useful read. Her article in Nature provides many examples of animal models for human conditions and gives a clear appraisal of their value.
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UK animal procedures up by 3% in 2010
13th July 2011
The UK Home Office has released figures showing that the number of research procedures using animals last year increased by 3% to just over 3.7 million.
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Brain tumour growth slowed
12th July 2011
Brain cancers caused by malignant gliomas account for around 3,000 deaths in the UK each year.
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Polar bears and brown bears interbred
8th July 2011
A genetic study of living and the ancient remains of polar and brown bears has revealed that they interbred during the last ice age and that modern polar bears are descended on the female side from brown bears that lived in Ireland.
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Protein linked to cancer
8th July 2011
Research in mice has shown how the over expression (over production) of a small protein allows cancer cells to divide.
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