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1 January 1970
Posted by: Richard Tidmarsh
Category: News
It wasn’t so long ago that we celebrated the 200th anniversary of Edward Jenner's first vaccine against smallpox in 1796. Since then, the development of vaccines has helped… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/a-history-of-vaccines/
How does the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine work? The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is a viral vector vaccine. This means that the vaccine doesn’t contain the SARS-CoV-2… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/how-effective-is-the-astrazenecaoxford-vaccine/
To study the brain we need monkeys While most animal research involves the use of rodents, fish and rats, around 0.1% of the research animals in the UK are non-human primates… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/to-study-the-brain-we-need-monkeys/
Heart disease, vaccines, and Parkinson's In recent years the use of monkeys in European research has been steadily declining. Most recently, a UK government report noted the number of primate experiments had fallen for… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/primate-research-in-2018/
In 1955 the Salk polio vaccine was licensed in the US. Polio cases have dropped from 450,000 then to 450 now. Poliomyelitis is a virus that has infected humans since the earliest of times – sometimes causing permanent paralysis. It mainly affects children under the age of five. … https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/video-of-the-week/sixty-years-of-the-polio-miracle-vaccine/
The MRC breeds macaques, some are used to understand nerve repair. Macaques are non-human primates. They are used in medical research because many of their body systems — such as their immune and nervous systems — are similar to humans,… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/video-of-the-week/videos-of-the-week-mrc-research-with-macaques/
Monkeys infected with malaria are providing a reservoir of the disease from which humans can be infected. Monkeys infected with malaria are providing a reservoir of the disease from which humans can be infected. The malaria strain, called Plasmodium knowlesi, is the most recently… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/monkey-malaria-infecting-humans/
From our archive - this video about the care of laboratory animals was produced by the Biomedical Research Trust in 2003. From our archive - this video about the care of laboratory animals was produced by the Biomedical Research Trust in 2003. It features three 6th form students touring a research… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/a-question-of-care/
Artificial blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery have been successfully tested in baboons and dogs. Artificial blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery have been successfully tested in baboons and dogs. The artificial vessels were made using smooth muscle cells grown on… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/artificial-blood-vessel-success-in-animals/
New research shows female mice, monkeys and humans appear to metabolise the oestrogen-like chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in similar ways. New research shows female mice, monkeys and humans appear to metabolise the oestrogen-like chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in similar ways. Consequently, the data from mice on the… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/mice-and-monkeys-metabolise-bpa-like-humans/
A vaccine based on the one used to prevent rabies can be used to protect against the monkey form of HIV (SIV), a new study has found. A vaccine based on the one used to prevent rabies can be used to protect against the monkey form of HIV (SIV), a new study has found. One strain of the human form of the virus… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/rabies-vaccine-protects-monkeys-against-hiv/
A team of scientists have restored colour vision to two colour blind squirrel monkeys using gene therapy. A team of scientists have restored colour vision to two colour blind squirrel monkeys using gene therapy. About 1 in 12 men are red-green colour blind due to a mutation on the X… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/gene-therapy-for-colour-blindness/
Scientists have produced four infant monkeys using a technique which could stop women with genetic diseases passing them on to their children. Scientists have produced four infant monkeys using a technique which could stop women with genetic diseases passing them on to their children. Faulty DNA contained within… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/monkeys-with-two-mums-may-eradicate-mitochondrial-disorders/
Scientists have created a strain of the human AIDS virus which is able to infect and proliferate in monkeys. Scientists have created a strain of the human AIDS virus which is able to infect and proliferate in monkeys. This discovery is a major breakthrough in the search for a vaccine… https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/hiv-strain-can-infect-monkeys/
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