Prostate tumours have been in reduced in mice using a medicine originally designed to treat obesity.
Understanding regeneration in model organisms gives hope that it may one day be possible for amputees to regrow limbs, or for heart attack patients to regrow healthy heart muscle.
The ban on a veterinary medicine which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations has shown the first signs of progress.
Our brains are a dense tangle of billions of nerve cells connected together at synapses. Knowing how everything links up is key to understanding how the brain works – but it's a huge challenge.
A vaccine has been developed that protects monkeys from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), the monkey equivalent of HIV.
The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) is to coordinate a major, new, EU funded, research project to create a Centre of Excellence in Animal Welfare Science.
A new study may explain why our brains produce fewer new neurons with age.
Stress can cause depressive illness in humans and has visible effects on mice such as failure to groom and weight loss.
About 100 boys are born with muscular dystrophies every year in the UK.
Stem cells hold the promise of cures for injuries such as spinal cord damage and diseases such as Parkinson's but producing large quantities of cells for experiments and clinical trials is proving very difficult.
Work with mice has shown that the elevated levels of nitric oxide produced during exercise protect the heart from injury during a heart attack.
Chemical safety in Europe is regulated in part by REACH*.
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