Foot-and-mouth disease (Aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids such as cattle and sheep.
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.
An additive used in anti-cancer vaccines is stopping them working properly, research in mice suggests.
Research using genetically modified mice has given scientists a unique insight into the molecular cause of an incurable human cancer.
Animal rights activists have created an exaggerated impression of their movement by their use of social and other media channels.
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