Cancer tumours somehow escape the body's immune system, even when that immune system is primed by a vaccine designed to specifically target the cancer.
The dementia associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases is commonly associated with abnormal clumps of a protein (B-synuclein) in the brain.
Mice treated with a brain enzyme inhibitor performed better in memory tests than untreated mice.
Following the sentencing of six animal rights extremists on Monday, the new government made clear that it remains committed to countering criminal activity carried out in the name of animal rights.
A new video, How much animal research is done in the UK, is now available in our youtube site and in the video section in the resources page on this website.
The UN has just announced that rinderpest, a virus that used to cause deadly outbreaks in cattle, has been eradicated in the wild.
When the brain is deprived of input from one sense it often compensates with above normal performance in another sense.
Supplementing the diet of healthy middle-aged mice with a mixture of amino-acids - the building blocks of proteins - extended their average lifespan by over one tenth.
For the first time, researchers have discovered a therapy that can treat the invariably lethal terminal stages of cancer in animals.
The first list of its kind for science, The Eureka 100: The Science List by The Times last week aimed to identify the 100 most important people in British science.
How do you re-animate paralysed limbs? A new approach being trialled on genetically modified mice uses flashes of light.
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