Experiments in mice have identified a hormone that could stop and even reverse the onset of diabetes.
We have several stories which very clearly illustrate the potential medical benefits of research this week.
Dolly is probably the most famous animal ever to take part in a scientific experiment.
Researchers studying mice have discovered that brain cells may break their own DNA to form new memories.
An experimental compound has proved highly effective at preventing malaria in laboratory tests using mice.
Gene therapy using a mutant form of a gene known to be involved in many of the most common cancers can destroy tumours in mice without any major side effects.
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