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1 January 1970
Posted by: Richard Tidmarsh
Category: News
This is the fifth article in our 2019 series reviewing achievements during the first ten years of UAR. Richard Scrase, Head on Online Communication, looks back at some of… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/ten-years-our-favourite-posts/
Mapping early development in mice New anti-viral drug trial against Ebola Following trials in monkeys and safety testing in humans another anti-viral enters trials. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/this-week-in-animal-research-080716/
The latest announcements 03/08/15 The ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV has been found to be 100% safe in 7,500 people. The vaccine, which was initially tested safe and effective in primates, has now shown… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/this-week-in-animal-research-070815/
Gene modification, stem cell therapies, tissue engineering The stories we pick up and pass on report on every stage of the medical development process, from initial laboratory work to trials in humans. Several themes came out in our… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/staff-blog/review-of-animal-research-in-medicine-2014/
Vultures and Turkeys feature in the stories covered here. 27/11/14 Vultures feed off rotten, stinking, filthy carcasses and by doing so are getting rid of a lot of bacteria from the ecosystem for us. Surprisingly, contrary to us,… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/this-week-in-animal-research-we-28-november/
Two American aid workers in Liberia made the news this week, as they became the first people ever to contract the Ebola virus and be returned to the United States. Two American aid workers in Liberia made the news this week, as they became the first people ever to contract the Ebola virus and be returned to the United States . Kent Brantley… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/staff-blog/a-breakthrough-treatment-ebola/
Scientists have developed a vaccine which protects mice from the Ebola virus and, unlike current vaccines, can be stored for long periods of time. Scientists have developed a vaccine which protects mice from the Ebola virus and, unlike current vaccines, can be stored for long periods of time. This makes it ideal for… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/vaccine-protects-mice-against-deadly-ebola-virus/
Scientists have uncovered the Achilles heel of the deadly Ebola virus; the breakthrough could lead to the first treatment for the tropical disease within a decade. Scientists have uncovered the Achilles heel of the deadly Ebola virus; the breakthrough could lead to the first treatment for the tropical disease within a decade. Using GM mice,… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/breakthrough-against-deadly-ebola-virus/
Monkeys treated with a therapy that targets specific viral genes survived deadly Ebola and Marbug infections, a new study reports. Monkeys treated with a therapy that targets specific viral genes survived deadly Ebola and Marbug infections, a new study reports. Both Ebola and Marbug viruses cause high… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/monkeys-survive-lethal-ebola-and-marbug/
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